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cuff collapse: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg; hit with the hand

nonspecific collapse: not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis"

handcuff collapse: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

offhand collapse: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"; in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"; without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"

bus collapse: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"; a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"; remove used dishes from the table in restaurants; ride in a bus; send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school"

unplanned collapse: without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks"

car collapse: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"; a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"; where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor"; the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

stunner collapse: an unexpected and amazing event; "the stunner was what happened on Saturday"

focus on collapse: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

stochastic collapse: being or having a random variable; "a stochastic variable"; "stochastic processes"

empirical collapse: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"

irregularly collapse: in an irregular manner; "the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened"; in an irregular manner; "her letters arrived irregularly"; in an irregular manner; "the patient is breathing irregularly"; having an irregular form; "irregularly shaped solids"

manacle collapse: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

basin collapse: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"; a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"; the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"

barge collapse: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals); transport by barge on a body of water; push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room"

spasmodically collapse: in spurts and fits; "I began to write intermittently and spasmodically"; with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner"

sail collapse: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel; traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"; travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"

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

beauty collapse: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses; an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"

carrier collapse: (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring; a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like; a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"; a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages; (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others; a boy who delivers newspapers; someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"; an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

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