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sniff collapse: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose; inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row"; perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"

renaissance collapse: the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

dried collapse: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"; not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears"

evaporated collapse: drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil off"

dehydrated collapse: suffering from excessive loss of water from the body; "fever resulted from becoming dehydrated"; "was dehydrated after the marathon"

sunbaked collapse: baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks"

outreach collapse: the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"

stand out collapse: be stubborn in resolution or resistance; steer away from shore, of ships

sneeze collapse: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose; exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

afoot collapse: on foot; walking; "they went to the village afoot"; "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"

fleet collapse: a group of warships organized as a tactical unit; a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership; group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership; group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership; moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"

whiff collapse: a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike; a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil; utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"; strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third; drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

clarion collapse: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone; loud and clear; "a clarion call"; proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion; blow the clarion

warm up collapse: cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles; "The coach warmed up the players before the game"; become more friendly or open; "She warmed up after we had lunch together"; run until the normal working temperature is reached; "We warmed up the car for a few minutes"

inspiration collapse: arousing to a particular emotion or action; a product of your creative thinking and work; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality"; a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

soup collapse: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food; an unfortunate situation; "we're in the soup now"; any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup; dope (a racehorse)

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

outmaneuver collapse: defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

overcast collapse: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot; a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling; sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"; sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches; make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

soar collapse: the act of rising upward into the air; go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"; fly upwards or high in the sky; rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

scorch collapse: a discoloration caused by heat; a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues; a surface burn; become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"; destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"; become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

louver collapse: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

wind tunnel collapse: a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft

cap collapse: a tight-fitting headdress; a top (as for a bottle); something serving as a cover or protection; a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom; restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"; lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains"

serpent collapse: an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake; a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited

horn collapse: one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates; any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn; an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound; a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather); a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it; a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;; the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails; stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

speed collapse: changing location rapidly; a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"; distance travelled per unit time; travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"

inflect collapse: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

greyhound collapse: a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

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