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recumbent collapse

listing collapse: the act of making a list of items

omnipresent collapse: being present everywhere at once

ring in collapse

lead collapse: the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy"; a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead"; mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil; thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing; an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn"; evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"; the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"; a news story of major importance; (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"; (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning; the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile); a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"; cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"; travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"; take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"; tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"; be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every year"; pass or spend; "lead a good life"

capriole collapse: (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump; perform a capriole, in ballet; perform a capriole, of horses in dressage

lop collapse

abbreviate collapse: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

rigorously collapse: in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks"

interpret collapse: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"; give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

telescope collapse: a magnifier of images of distant objects; make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"; crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

born collapse: British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970); brought into existence; "he was a child born of adultery"

summarize collapse: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"

vertical collapse: something that is oriented vertically; of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"; at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"; relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

fetch up collapse

synchronize collapse: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts"; cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches"; operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize"; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events"; make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"; happen at the same time

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

caper collapse: a playful leap or hop; a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"; pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces; any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis; jump about playfully

quite collapse: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"; to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"; of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"; actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

decipher collapse: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

unconditional collapse: not conditional; "unconditional surrender"; not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else

perceive collapse: become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"; to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

incorrect collapse: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

cull collapse: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"

faithfully collapse: in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio"

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

sidelong collapse: inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker; to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"; with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"

mete collapse

abrupt collapse: surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"; exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"; extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"; marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"

seal up collapse

comprehensive collapse: including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"; broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"

erupt collapse: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"; erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"; become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"; start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"; appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"; break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"; start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

constrict collapse: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"

word for word collapse

achieve collapse: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

shudder collapse: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

rule out collapse: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

come in collapse: come into fashion; become fashionable

equalize collapse: compensate; make the score equal

calculate collapse: make a mathematical calculation or computation; judge to be probable; specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

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