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finite collapse: bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent; of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

partisan collapse: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries; a fervent and even militant proponent of something; devoted to a cause or party

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

specialize collapse: become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"; suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"; devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis"

hem in collapse: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

starvation collapse: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"; a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

tight collapse: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"; packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"; of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"; closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"; securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"; set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"

stingy collapse: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

leaven collapse: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"; a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

unaccented collapse: used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

unstressed collapse: not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed"

narrow collapse: a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water; limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"; not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"; very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"; make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

joining collapse: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

puritan collapse: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures; a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

distill collapse: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"; undergo the process of distillation; extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"

conscientious collapse: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"; guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice"

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