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motif collapse: a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

background collapse: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"; information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"; the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"; relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"; extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"; understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

theme collapse: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"; (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"; provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"

beading collapse: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture; ornamentation with beads

herbarium collapse: a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

setting collapse: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"; the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"; the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"

aesthetic collapse: (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"; concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success"; aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"; relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics; "aesthetic values"

foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

Talmud collapse: the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

shrubbery collapse: a collection of shrubs growing together; an area where a number of shrubs are planted

beautiful collapse: aesthetically pleasing; delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"; (of weather) highly enjoyable; "what a beautiful day"

folklore collapse: the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

selvage collapse: the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray; border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet

artistic collapse: satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; "artistic workmanship"; relating to or characteristic of art or artists; "his artistic background"

cereal collapse: a breakfast food prepared from grain; grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet; made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses"

pattern collapse: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"; form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

detail collapse: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"; extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail"; a crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees"; a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"; assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"; provide details for

arboretum collapse: a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

traditionalism collapse: adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters); strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings; the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

lore collapse: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"

incident collapse: a single distinct event; a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"; falling or striking of light rays on something; "incident light"

mythology collapse: the study of myths; myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

common law collapse: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

design collapse: the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"; a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building"; an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"; intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"; design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"; conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"; make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"; create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit"; create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"

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