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sundries collapse: miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified

jettison collapse: throw as from an airplane; throw away, of something encumbering

slack collapse: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"; the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"; a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"; dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve; flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"; cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"; make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"; release tension on; "slack the rope"; be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"; avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

fossil collapse: the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil; characteristic of a fossil

fickle collapse: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"

husk collapse: outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds; remove the husks from; "husk corn"

runaway collapse: an easy victory; completely out of control; "runaway inflation"

desertion collapse: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"

unattached collapse: not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; not fastened together

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

jump collapse: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"; descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"; (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another; a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"; increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"; bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"; enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"; make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"; move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"; cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"; jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

decamp collapse: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"; leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"

eke out collapse: obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"; make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"; supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"; live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"

paring collapse: (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel; "she could peel an apple with a single long paring"; a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

elopement collapse: the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

indecisive collapse: not definitely settling something; "a long and indecisive war"; characterized by lack of decision and firmness; "an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill"; not clearly defined; "indecisive boundaries running through mountains"

roach collapse: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back; the butt of a marijuana cigarette; a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead; cut the mane off (a horse); comb (hair) into a roach

nonfeasance collapse: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

holiday collapse: a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

spree collapse: a brief indulgence of your impulses; engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

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