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grub collapse: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects; search about busily

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

tunnel collapse: a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"; force a way through

dado collapse: a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it; the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase; cut a dado into or fit into a dado; provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"

dig collapse: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"; a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"; the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"; turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"; create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"

dip collapse: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms; a brief swim in water; a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow; a brief immersion; tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped; (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon; a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"; stain an object by immersing it in a liquid; go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"; scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"; immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"; place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax; dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"; slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"; appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"; lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"

hat collapse: an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly"; headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim; put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted"; furnish with a hat

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

filler collapse: the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar; copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper; 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary; used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

canal collapse: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation; (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion; provide (a city) with a canal

striate collapse: marked with stria or striations; mark with striae or striations

hunter collapse: a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal; someone who hunts game; a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter"

quarry collapse: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"

dish collapse: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"; directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation; a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"; the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice"; make concave; shape like a dish

rider collapse: a clause that is appended to a legislative bill; a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel); a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

burrow collapse: a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

rabbet collapse: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together; cut a rectangular groove into; join with a rabbet joint

harrow collapse: a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil; draw a harrow over (land)

dike collapse: enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"

gully collapse: deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

rut collapse: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"; a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels); be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

fork collapse: cutlery used for serving and eating food; an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs; the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"; shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"; place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

scuffle collapse: a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling; fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"

skim collapse: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

rifle collapse: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"; go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

wrinkle collapse: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different); a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"; make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"

speculate collapse: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"; talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"; invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

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