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ingenuity collapse: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"

squeeze collapse: the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"; the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"; a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"; (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze"; a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"; press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

bind collapse: something that hinders as if with bonds; form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"; make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"; wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose; provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"; create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

dress up collapse: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"; make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

intelligence collapse: the operation of gathering information about an enemy; the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience; secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"; a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

spruce up collapse: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"; make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"

adroit collapse: quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator"; skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme"

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!"

genius collapse: exceptional creative ability; someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

sense collapse: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"; a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"; a natural appreciation or ability; "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing"; the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified"; comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"; become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"

prank collapse: dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"; dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"

elaborate collapse: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"; work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"; add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"; produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"

conception collapse: the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

cute collapse: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

compliment collapse: a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration; say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper"; express respect or esteem for

get up collapse: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"; cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

efficiency collapse: skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"; the ratio of the output to the input of any system

very collapse: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"; precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"

wag collapse: causing to move repeatedly from side to side; a witty amusing person who makes jokes; move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"

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