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avatar collapse: the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"

formulation collapse: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"; a substance prepared according to a formula

spanking collapse: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"

slur collapse: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato; utter indistinctly; speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"; play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

vocalize collapse: utter speech sounds; pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"; sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

mining collapse: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth; laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

pressing collapse: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press; compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

repercussion collapse: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"

word collapse: a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"; a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"; a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"; a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"

grammar collapse: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology)

fashion collapse: characteristic or habitual practice; consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode; the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior; make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

selection collapse: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

commonplace collapse: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"; completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

moral collapse: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"; concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"; psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support"; arising from the sense of right and wrong; "a moral obligation"; relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; "moral philosophy"

term collapse: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"; a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"; one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"; a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"; the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"; name formally or designate with a term

text collapse: the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"; the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"; a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"

chestnut collapse: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse; a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg; edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur; wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"

theophany collapse: a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person

ligature collapse: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood); a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone; character consisting of two or more letters combined into one; (music) a group of notes connected by a slur

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

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