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evade collapse: use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"; practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

helpless collapse: unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"; unable to function; without help; lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

tractor collapse: a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications; a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans

loser collapse: a gambler who loses a bet; a contestant who loses the contest

stillborn collapse: (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"

kneel collapse: supporting yourself on your knees; rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

creeps collapse: a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps"; a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait

abstain collapse: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"; refrain from voting

pigeon collapse: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

picnic collapse: any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion; eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"

zero collapse: the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale; a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number; indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"; indicating an initial point or origin; of or relating to the null set (a set with no members); adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"; adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

corduroy collapse: a road made of logs laid crosswise; build (a road) from logs laid side by side

genuflect collapse: bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image

avoidance collapse: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

tellurian collapse: an inhabitant of the earth; of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

magpie collapse: long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call; someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

lame collapse: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"

bow out collapse: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

screwball collapse: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

douse collapse: slacken; "douse a rope"; lower quickly; "douse a sail"; wet thoroughly; put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"

setup collapse: the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"

cotton collapse: fabric woven from cotton fibers; thread made of cotton fibers; erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers; soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state; take a liking to; "cotton to something"

eccentric collapse: a person with an unusual or odd personality; not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles"

engulf collapse: flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

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