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lie collapse: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; position or manner in which something is situated; Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968); tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"; be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"; be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position; have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"; be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

regiment collapse: army unit smaller than a division; assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"; subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"; form (military personnel) into a regiment

feeder collapse: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening; an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"; a branch that flows into the main stream

bear down collapse: exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"; pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"; exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"; contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

probationer collapse: someone released on probation or on parole; a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period

trademark collapse: a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

seed collapse: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa; a small hard fruit; remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"; inoculate with microorganisms; sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"; distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds; go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"; bear seeds; help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

confine collapse: prevent from leaving or from being removed; deprive of freedom; take into confinement

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

extraction collapse: the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"; the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

lineage collapse: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

nonintervention collapse: a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

embankment collapse: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

radius collapse: the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere; the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm; a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles"; a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

novena collapse: a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days

bound collapse: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"; secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"; held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union; headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"; bound by an oath; "a bound official"; form the boundary of; be contiguous to

boundary collapse: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; a line determining the limits of an area

available collapse: obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long"; convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"; not busy; not otherwise committed; "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her"

parterre collapse: an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern

role collapse: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"

otiose collapse: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

segment collapse: one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange"; divide or split up; "The cells segmented"; divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

confession collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution; a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party; a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century); a public declaration of your faith; an admission of misdeeds or faults

succession collapse: acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"; (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established

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