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superscribe collapse: write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"; write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address"

hem in collapse: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

impound collapse: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

cage collapse: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept; the net that is the goal in ice hockey; United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992); something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement; confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

rewrite collapse: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better"; write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"; rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"

ink collapse: dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods; a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing; fill with ink; "ink a pen"; append one's signature to; "They inked the contract"

authorship collapse: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

besiege collapse: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"; surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"; cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

transcribe collapse: convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA; make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"; write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"; rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

draw up collapse: come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"; cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"; straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"; form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

enshrine collapse: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"; hold sacred

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

edit collapse: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"; cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"; cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"; supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

mew collapse: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America; utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

write out collapse: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"; put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"

kennel collapse: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

transcriber collapse: someone who makes a written version of spoken material; someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation; someone who rewrites in a different script

writer collapse: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay); a person who is able to write and has written something

container collapse: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

journalism collapse: the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media; newspapers and magazines collectively

alias collapse: a name that has been assumed temporarily; as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"

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