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hang collapse: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms; the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"; suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days"; cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"; place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"; be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"; be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"; be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"; fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"; decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"; let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"; kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday"; prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury; be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"; be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"

steer collapse: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

heft collapse: the property of being large in mass; test the weight of something by lifting it

enamel collapse: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze; a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish; hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth; a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection; coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

pillow collapse: a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person; rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"

reassure collapse: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

restrict collapse: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"; place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"; place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"

pause collapse: temporary inactivity; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

undergird collapse: make secure underneath; "undergird the ship"; lend moral support to

pilgrim collapse: someone who journeys in foreign lands; someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion; one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

infatuate collapse: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

announce collapse: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"; foreshadow or presage; make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"; give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee"

pocket collapse: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles; an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck; a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"; a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"; (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"; put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"; take unlawfully

esteem collapse: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"

smother collapse: a stifling cloud of smoke; conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"; envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"; deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"; form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

seize collapse: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"; take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"; take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"; hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"

soothe collapse: cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

pose collapse: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"; behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

dare collapse: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"; to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"

clot collapse: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid; change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"; cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

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