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interrogative collapse: relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation; relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"

bone of contention collapse: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

around collapse: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"; by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"; in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"; to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"

circumnavigate collapse: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

swerve collapse: the act of turning aside suddenly; turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

corner collapse: the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"; (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone; an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"; the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"; a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"; a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"; the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"; a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners"; a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"; a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market"; turn a corner; "the car corners"; force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape; gain control over; "corner the gold market"

inflect collapse: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

snifter collapse: a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

question mark collapse: a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

reappear collapse: appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago"

trial balloon collapse: a balloon sent up to test air currents; a test of public opinion

nuance collapse: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

typify collapse: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"; embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"

up and down collapse: moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"; alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down"

interrogation collapse: formal systematic questioning; a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

cant collapse: insincere talk about religion or morals; heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

catechism collapse: an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers; a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

revolve collapse: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

singleton collapse: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt; a set containing a single member; a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

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