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dialogue collapse: a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek"; the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction; a conversation between two persons

tune collapse: the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency; the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"; a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"; adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned"; adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"

slice collapse: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"; a spatula for spreading paint or ink; a thin flat piece cut off of some object; a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"; hit a ball so that it causes a backspin; cut into slices; "Slice the salami, please"; hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

parcel collapse: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"; make into a wrapped container; cover with strips of canvas; "parcel rope"; divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"

morality collapse: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

assemble collapse: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"; get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"

fragment collapse: an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"; a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"

exhibit collapse: an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence; show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent"

twin collapse: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho; either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy; give birth to twins; grow as twins; "twin crystals"; duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

bracket collapse: an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf); either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material; either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material; a category falling within certain defined limits; classify or group; place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark"; support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"

mumbo jumbo collapse: language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand

unit collapse: a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"; an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"; a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"; an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"

guess collapse: an estimate based on little or no information; a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"; put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

job collapse: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"; the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"; the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth"; a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"; a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";; an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"; a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply; (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit; any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing; a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him; work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"; profit privately from public office and official business

build collapse: develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"; improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"; found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"; build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"; be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"; give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"; order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state"

spectacle collapse: a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself; an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale; something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"

go into collapse: be used or required for; "A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet"

manufacture collapse: put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

draughtsman collapse

draughty collapse

doll collapse: a small replica of a person; used as a toy

examination collapse: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes); the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned; a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

essential collapse: basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"; absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed; absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"; being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"

write collapse: communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"; record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"; communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"; communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"; mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"; create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"; produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

factor collapse: an independent variable in statistics; anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"; any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together; resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"

masque collapse

feeder collapse: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening; an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"; a branch that flows into the main stream

draught collapse

song collapse: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"; a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"; a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"; a very small sum; "he bought it for a song"

master collapse: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made; an authority qualified to teach apprentices; directs the work of other; someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution; an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship; have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"; be or become completely proficient or skilled in; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years"

yoke collapse: stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team; fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment; a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together; support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end; a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen"; an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"; put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together"; link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"; become joined or linked together

scoop collapse: a large ladle; "he used a scoop to serve the ice cream"; the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe; the quantity a scoop will hold; a hollow concave shape made by removing something; take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"

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"

encompass collapse

grounds collapse: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

invention collapse: the act of inventing; a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation; the creation of something in the mind

couple collapse: a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"; a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"; (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines; two items of the same kind; a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"; link together; "can we couple these proposals?"

erect collapse: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"

miss collapse: a form of address for an unmarried woman; a failure to hit (or meet or find etc); fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"; fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"; feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"; fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"; fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"; fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"; be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"; be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"

lines collapse

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