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libation collapse: the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony; a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity; (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage

recover collapse: regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"; cover anew; "recover a chair"; get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"; regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

coronet collapse: margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof; a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

escutcheon collapse: a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms; (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed

round out collapse: make bigger or better or more complete; fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"

ell collapse: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

curve collapse: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter; a line on a graph representing data; the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

wind collapse: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"; breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"; empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"; a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"; air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"; coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"; wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

through collapse: throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"; over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York"; in diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"; from beginning to end; "read this book through"; to completion; "think this through very carefully!"

annulet collapse: a small ring; molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column; (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel"

pry collapse: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"; to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"; make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"

banquet collapse: a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread"; a ceremonial dinner party for many people

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

rhomboid collapse: any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade; a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal; shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes"

balmy collapse: mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"; informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

tack collapse: sailing a zigzag course; (nautical) the act of changing tack; a short nail with a sharp point and a large head; the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails; fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"; turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

whirl collapse: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"; the shape of something rotating rapidly; fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"; cause to spin; "spin a coin"

pendulum collapse: an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

eddy collapse: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself; founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910); flow in a circular current, of liquids

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