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straw collapse: a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth; plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder; of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored; cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"

trifle collapse: sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce

joyous collapse: full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

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"

unsuppressed collapse: given vent to; "unsuppressed rage"; "unsuppressed feelings"

unblock collapse: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"; play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding; clear or remove an obstruction from; "the procedure unblocked his arteries"

degage collapse: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"; free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson

glossary collapse: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

adrift collapse: off course, wandering aimlessly; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"; floating freely; not anchored; "the boat wasset adrift"

unspecified collapse: not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals"

evacuation collapse: the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

uncoerced collapse: not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

scratch pad collapse: pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches etc; "scribbling block" is a British term

promiscuity collapse: indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations

waste collapse: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"; (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect; any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"; waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"; cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"; use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"; run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"; get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"; spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

inconclusive collapse: not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question; "an inconclusive reply"; "inconclusive evidence"; "the inconclusive committee vote"; leading to no final results or outcome; "an inconclusive experiment"

grubby collapse: small sculpin of the coast of New England; infested with grubs

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