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income collapse: the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

flake collapse: cover with flakes or as if with flakes; form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"

bantam collapse: any of various small breeds of fowl; very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

climb collapse: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"; an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.); improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"; go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"; move with difficulty, by grasping; slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"

escalate collapse: increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

test collapse: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"; the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"; any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"; a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins; undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"; determine the presence or properties of (a substance); achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"; put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"; show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"

scurf collapse: (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts

compass collapse: navigational instrument for finding directions; drafting instrument used for drawing circles; the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"; bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

turf collapse: range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"; the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own; surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots; cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

invert collapse: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"

time and motion study collapse: an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort

dimension collapse: the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height); one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space; shape or form to required dimensions; indicate the dimensions on; "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart"

minimal collapse: the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"

catholic collapse: a member of a Catholic church; free from provincial prejudices or attachments; "catholic in one's tastes"; of or relating to or supporting Catholicism; "the Catholic Church"

turn down collapse: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

uncut collapse: not cut; (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge; "a book with its leaves still uncut"; not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"; not cut; "glad to get out of the house with my throat uncut"- Tobias Smollett

compensation collapse: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

swath collapse: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing); the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine

facing collapse: a protective covering that protects the outside of a building; a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening; an ornamental coating to a building

realign collapse: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident"

degree collapse: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"; the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"; the highest power of a term or variable; a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"; a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"; a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

intensity collapse: high level or degree; the property of being intense; the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

charcoal collapse: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material; a very dark grey color; a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air; of a very dark grey; draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

gauge collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.; the thickness of wire; the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train; accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared; mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"; adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"; measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"; determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"; rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"

supinate collapse: turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

longitude collapse: the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

remake collapse: creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film"; make new; "She is remaking her image"

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