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turn to collapse: direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"

foreshorten collapse: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

ice skate collapse: skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole; move along on ice skates

roller skate collapse: a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole; travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around"

damper collapse: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"; a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations; a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

coast collapse: the area within view; "the coast is clear"; a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"; move effortlessly; by force of gravity

boil down collapse: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

aboard collapse: on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard"; on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle; part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"; side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship"

seaplane collapse: an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"

clog collapse: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction; footwear usually with wooden soles; fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"; coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"; impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"; impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"; become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"; dance a clog dance

skateboard collapse: a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot; ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

ski collapse: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow; move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski"

glissade collapse: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet; perform a glissade, in ballet

foot collapse: travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"; any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates; a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"; the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"; the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"; a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger; a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"; add a column of numbers; walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"; pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

topside collapse: (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline

aloft collapse: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"; at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"; upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"; at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"

ply collapse: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood; one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"; use diligently; "ply your wits!"; wield vigorously; "ply an axe"; join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric"; travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"; apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"

skate collapse: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins; sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs; move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

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