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borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

taxi collapse: travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway"; ride in a taxicab

ghost collapse: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"; the visible disembodied soul of a dead person; write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"; move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"

respiration collapse: the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs; a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"

iron lung collapse: respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration

swot collapse: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

essay collapse: a tentative attempt; an analytic or interpretive literary composition

inhale collapse: draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"; draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"

Tory collapse: an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution; a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative; a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs

teamster collapse: someone who drives a truck as an occupation; the driver of a team of horses doing hauling

appropriation collapse: a deliberate act of acquisition; money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

hack collapse: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.; a horse kept for hire; an old or over-worked horse; a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil; one who works hard at boring tasks; a mediocre and disdained writer; cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"; significantly cut up a manuscript; fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"; kick on the shins; kick on the arms; cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"; be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"

Federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

plagiarist collapse: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

hatchet collapse: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)

workhorse collapse: a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor; machine that performs dependably under heavy use; "the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world"

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