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twill collapse: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs; a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs; weave diagonal lines into (textiles)

filling collapse: the act of filling something; (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"; a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.; flow into something (as a container); any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"

plating collapse: the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis); a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

leave behind collapse: depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

pleasure principle collapse: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

closing collapse: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"; final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"

foreground collapse: (computer science) a window for an active application; the part of a scene that is near the viewer; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"; "highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book"

overlay collapse: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"

spearhead collapse: the head and sharpened point of a spear; the leading military unit in an attack; someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.); be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease"

alpha collapse: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet; the beginning of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations; early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"; first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star"

frontispiece collapse: front illustration facing the title page of a book; an ornamental facade

libation collapse: the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony; a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity; (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage

frontage collapse: the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc); the direction in which something (such as a building) faces

outrun collapse: run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran everybody else"

circumnavigate collapse: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

forefront collapse: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"

sheathe collapse: plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh; enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"; cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"

attire collapse: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress"

membrane collapse: a thin pliable sheet of material; a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals

pleat collapse: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape; fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"

eiderdown collapse: down of the eider duck; a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

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