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ratchet collapse: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction; move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool"

sprocket collapse: thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain; roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

hackle collapse: long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

hoe collapse: a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle; dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"

mulch collapse: a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion; cover with mulch; "mulch the flowerbeds"

grub collapse: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects; search about busily

womanizer collapse: a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them

broom collapse: a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle; any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers; finish with a broom

cog collapse: tooth on the rim of gear wheel; a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"; join pieces of wood with cogs; roll steel ingots

strafe collapse: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"; attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"

rip out collapse: burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath"

philander collapse: have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years"

compile collapse: use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

comb collapse: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"; the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds; ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore; a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair; any of several tools for straightening fibers; a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl; smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"; search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"; straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"

juxtapose collapse: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"

bombard collapse: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"; throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

Lothario collapse: a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women

rake collapse: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil; a dissolute man in fashionable society; gather with a rake; "rake leaves"; level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"; move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"; sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

steeple collapse: a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

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