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clod collapse

precinct collapse: a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

reflect collapse: give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"; give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"; to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"; manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs"; be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

sum collapse: the whole amount; a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers; the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"; a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"; the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan

share collapse: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"; any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price"; communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you"; give out as one's portion or share; use jointly or in common; have in common; "Our children share a love of music"; "The two countries share a long border"

unbroken collapse: not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken"; (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept"; marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon"; not subdued or trained for service or use; "unbroken colts"

cluster collapse: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"

wreath collapse: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes; encircle with or as if with a wreath; "Her face was wreathed with blossoms"

pluck collapse: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord; strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"; pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"; pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

uninterrupted collapse: having undisturbed continuity; "a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep"

swing collapse: changing location by moving back and forth; a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them; a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"; mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth; a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz; a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"; alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"; hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"; engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"; make a big sweeping gesture or movement; play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm; move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"; change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"; move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"; be a social swinger; socialize a lot; influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"; live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"; have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

shepherd collapse: a clergyman who watches over a group of people; tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats; watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

assemble collapse: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"; get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"

top collapse: a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top"; covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"; a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"; platform surrounding the head of a lower mast; the greatest possible intensity; "he screamed at the top of his lungs"; the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"; the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"; the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"; finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne"; cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"; strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin; reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"; provide with a top; "the towers were topped with conical roofs"; be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; "A star tops the Christmas Tree"

final collapse: the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament; not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"; conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

sag collapse: a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat"; droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness; cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably"

call collapse: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"; a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer"; a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"; a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"; a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"; an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"; a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"; a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"; a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"; rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"; consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"; challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact"; utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"; order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"; order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"; lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"; get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"; order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"; declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out"; challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"; require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond"; ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"; utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another"; send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"; read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll"; indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"; give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance; demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan"; call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"; make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"; stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"

straightforward collapse: pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"; free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions"

ear collapse: the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium; good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"; attention to what is said; "he tried to get her ear"; fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

pick up collapse: lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"; take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"; give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"; take and lift upward; register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"; buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"; get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"; meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

retroflex collapse: bent or curved backward; articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"; bend or turn backward

string collapse: a lightweight cord; a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases); a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"; (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop; add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"; provide with strings; "string my guitar"; thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"; remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"; string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"; stretch out or arrange like a string; move or come along

unremitting collapse

packed collapse: pressed together or compressed; "packed snow"

warp collapse: yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof; a moral or mental distortion; a shape distorted by twisting or folding

decisive collapse: determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"; characterized by decision and firmness; "an able an decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"; unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls"

sincere collapse: open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"

holding collapse

thrombosis collapse: the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel

hall collapse: a large building for meetings or entertainment; a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"; a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"; United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907); United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871); United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914); United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924); English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

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