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foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Philistine collapse: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC; a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits; of or relating to ancient Philistia or the culture of the Philistines

punctuation collapse: the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases; the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases; something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

sign collapse: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"; a public display of a (usually written) message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows"; a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"; a gesture that is part of a sign language; a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified; "The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure; (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"; be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"; communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"; mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"; communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"; place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"; engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"; approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

crosshatch collapse: shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area"

profile collapse: biographical sketch; an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers"; a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers; a side view representation of an object (especially a human face); represent in profile, by drawing or painting; write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"

capitalize collapse: convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital; consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses; compute the present value of a business or an income; write in capital letters; draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"; supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders

key signature collapse: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

hero collapse: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god; a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

maladjusted collapse: not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"; poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child"

digit collapse: a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates; one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"

describe collapse: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

individuality collapse: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

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

justice collapse: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied"; the quality of being just or fair

lithograph collapse: duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern; a print produced by lithography; make by lithography

bourgeois collapse: a member of the middle class; belonging to the middle class; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"; (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

photograph collapse: a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material; record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"; undergo being photographed in a certain way; "Children photograph well"

personage collapse: another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"

intrinsic collapse: situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"; belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

vogue collapse: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

unadapted collapse: not having adapted to new conditions; "several unadjusted refugees"; not changed in form or character for a purpose

mismatched collapse: (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church"; either not matched or unsuitably matched

symbolize collapse: represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"

kook collapse: someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group

fairness collapse: conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"; ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

recluse collapse: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

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