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teaser collapse: a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"; an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show; an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest; a worker who teases wool

diet collapse: the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods); the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal); a prescribed selection of foods; a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan); eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight; follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons; "He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet"

ply collapse: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood; one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"; use diligently; "ply your wits!"; wield vigorously; "ply an axe"; join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric"; travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"; apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"

airmail collapse: a system of conveying mail by aircraft; letters and packages that are transported by aircraft; send or transport by airmail; "Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed"

health food collapse: any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health

bandstand collapse: a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air

immanent collapse: of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"; of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind"

siding collapse: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass; material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

shingle collapse: a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.; coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel); building material used as siding or roofing; cover with shingles; "shingle a roof"

translate collapse: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"; change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation; determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA; restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."; express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"; bring to a certain spiritual state; subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body; be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"; be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"

can collapse: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.; a buoy with a round bottom and conical top; the quantity contained in a can; preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"

keel collapse: one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability; the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly

cracker collapse: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends; a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet; a programmer who `cracks' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"

gasbag collapse: a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics

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"

lunch collapse: a midday meal; take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"; provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"

hanging collapse: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"; decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

wood collapse: a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"; United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942); English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887); English conductor (1869-1944); United States film actress (1938-1981); the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

plank collapse: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party; cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"; cover with planks; "The streets were planked"; set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"

slat collapse: a thin strip (wood or metal); close the slats of (windows); equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"

annunciation collapse: (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ; a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

inquisition collapse: a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals); a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

compendious collapse: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

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