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outflow collapse: the process of flowing out

gruff collapse: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

impromptu collapse: an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"; a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

abbreviate collapse: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

telescope collapse: a magnifier of images of distant objects; make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"; crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

novel collapse: a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"; a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story; pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"

curt collapse

imperfection collapse: the state or an instance of being imperfect

dip into collapse: read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

thumb through collapse

reconnaissance collapse: the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"

roister collapse

sniff out collapse: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "H can smell out trouble"

dribble away collapse

emaciate collapse: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

inadequacy collapse: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

face up to collapse

run riot collapse

unnoteworthy collapse

inadequate collapse: (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"; not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

half pint collapse

pint sized collapse

spurt collapse: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"

disappointing collapse: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

commons collapse: a pasture subject to common use

fretful collapse: habitually complaining; "a whining child"

insufficiency collapse: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"; (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally; a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

flickering collapse: shining unsteadily

fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

bring in collapse: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"; transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine"; submit (a verdict) to a court

go to pot collapse: become ruined; "His business went to pot when economy soured"

pile drive collapse

transitory collapse

hobnob with collapse

short-sighted collapse

pithy collapse: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

go against collapse

perdure collapse

vignette collapse: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books); a photograph whose edges shade off gradually

spill over collapse: be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

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