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yardstick collapse: a ruler or tape that is three feet long; a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"

near-sighted collapse

very collapse: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"; precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"

receipt collapse: an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made; mark or stamp as paid

below the mark collapse

expediency collapse

abridge collapse: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

amount collapse: how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"; be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

pindling collapse

metric system collapse: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

bylaw collapse: a rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs

jus collapse

lex collapse

panting collapse: breathing heavily (as after exertion); any fabric used to make trousers

bring up collapse: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"

beaucoup collapse

fall through collapse: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

considerably collapse

underestimate collapse: an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value; make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"

at most collapse: not more than; "spend at most $20 on the lunch"

temperamental collapse: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"

petite collapse: a garment size for short or slender women

in full collapse: referring to a quantity; "the amount was paid in full"

snippy collapse

scant collapse: limit in quality or quantity

ration collapse: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"; a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity); distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed"; restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"

unlovely collapse: without beauty or charm

relator collapse

scansion collapse: analysis of verse into metrical patterns

shear collapse: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it; (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"; cut with shears; "shear hedges"; cut or cut through with shears

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

decline collapse: change toward something smaller or lower; a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"; inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"; go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"; go down; "The roof declines here"

indefinitely collapse: to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time; "this could go on indefinitely"

terse collapse

trimmed collapse: made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"

raconteur collapse

point-blank collapse: close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot"; in a direct and unequivocal manner; "I asked him point-blank whether he wanted the job"

short shrift collapse: brief and unsympathetic treatment; a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request"

appreciably collapse: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably colder"

after a fashion collapse: to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a fashion"

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