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dandruff collapse: loose scales shed from the scalp; "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders"; a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp

pomade collapse: hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment; apply pomade to (hair)

timecard collapse: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day; a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day

carver collapse: United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)

scale collapse: a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals; an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks; a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass; (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave); a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin; a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin; relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale"; the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model"; an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"; size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down"; measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold"; remove the scales from; "scale fish"; pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard; climb up by means of a ladder; reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"; take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"; measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds"

germinate collapse: cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

weather map collapse: (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region

phonograph record collapse: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

accrue collapse: grow by addition; "The interest accrues"; come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

introvert collapse: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts; turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

quantum collapse: (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory); a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum theory

atlas collapse: a figure of a man used as a supporting column; the 1st cervical vertebra; a collection of maps in book form; (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

laminate collapse: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers; split (wood) into thin sheets; cover with a thin sheet; "laminate the table"; press or beat (metals) into thin sheets; create laminate by putting together several thin sheets of a material

adding machine collapse: a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions

hire collapse: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"; a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training"; engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

timetable collapse: a schedule of times of arrivals and departures; a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place

layer collapse: thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells; a hen that lays eggs; single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another; make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

vary collapse: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"; be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

modeling collapse: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

proliferate collapse: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"; grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

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