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millstone collapse: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain; any load that is difficult to carry

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

loading collapse: the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours"; the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift

incumbency collapse: the office of an incumbent; a duty that is incumbent upon you

bale collapse: a large bundle bound for storage or transport; make into a bale; "bale hay"

incubus collapse: a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; someone who depresses or worries others

surcharge collapse: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill); show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given; fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"; print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote; fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"; charge an extra fee, as for a special service

overload collapse: an excessive burden; an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power; place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"; become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"

tug collapse: a sudden abrupt pull; struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"; pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"; pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"; move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"; tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"; strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

haul collapse: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"; draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

oppression collapse: the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"; a feeling of being oppressed; the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

tension collapse: the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"; (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"; a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"; (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"; the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

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