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haggle collapse: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining); wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

bayou collapse: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

collective bargaining collapse: negotiation between an employer and trade union

blooping collapse

engram collapse: a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

innovation collapse

mirror collapse: polished surface that forms images by reflecting light; a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"; reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"; reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above"

poise collapse: a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second; a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium; hold or carry in equilibrium; cause to be balanced or suspended; be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"

pearliness collapse

touchstone collapse

period collapse: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"; the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"; a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"; one of three periods of play in hockey games; the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon; a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; "a novel from the Victorian period"

swing collapse: changing location by moving back and forth; a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them; a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"; mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth; a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz; a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"; alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"; hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"; engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"; make a big sweeping gesture or movement; play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm; move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"; change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"; move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"; be a social swinger; socialize a lot; influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"; live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"; have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

nonpareil collapse: a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar; colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

readout collapse: an electronic device the displays information is a visual form; the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device; the output of a computer in readable form

acculturation collapse: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure; all the knowledge and values shared by a society

tempo collapse: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played; the rate of some repeating event

affectation collapse: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

tessera collapse: a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics

patchwork collapse: sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern; a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together; a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

propagation collapse: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions; the movement of a wave through a medium

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

barometer collapse: an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

largo collapse: (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner; very slow in tempo and broad in manner; slowly and broadly

mosaic collapse: art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass; assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture; transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube; a pattern resembling a mosaic; a freeware browser; viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves; decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement"; of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"

measure collapse: how much there is of something that you can quantify; any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"; musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"; determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall"; place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches"

blind impulse collapse

bargaining collapse: the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

guise collapse: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

pose collapse: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"; behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

conduct collapse: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"; lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"; transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"; direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

parquet collapse: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle; a floor made of parquetry

epitomize collapse

dispersal collapse

id collapse: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity; a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show your ID in order to get in"

matrix collapse: mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface; the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded; a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)

usage collapse

warp and woof collapse

distribution collapse: the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning; the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer; the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume; (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

paradigm collapse: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

peculiarity collapse: a distinguishing trait; an odd or unusual characteristic

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