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concession collapse: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"; the act of conceding or yielding; a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

quarantine collapse: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease; enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease; place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

evening collapse: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"; the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"; a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

banish collapse: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"; expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"; expel from a community or group; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

box office collapse: the office where tickets of admission are sold; total admission receipts for an entertainment

drowse collapse: be on the verge of sleeping; "The students were drowsing in the 8 AM class"

domesticate collapse: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"; overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

hibernation collapse: the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"; cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals; the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

tested collapse: tested and proved to be reliable; tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"

inpatient collapse: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

organizer collapse: a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; someone who enlists workers to join a union

facility collapse: a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility"; something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"; a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"; a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen

sunset collapse: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon; atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun; the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon; of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries"

fold collapse: the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"; a pen for sheep; a folded part (as in skin or muscle); a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock; an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"; incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"; become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"; bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"; intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs"

automat collapse: a cafeteria where food is served from machines; a vending machine from which you can get food

rail collapse: any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud; a horizontal bar (usually of wood); short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"; complain bitterly; fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"; lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"; convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"; separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"; provide with rails; "The yard was railed"; enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"

mew collapse: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America; utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

forbid collapse: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

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

keep quiet collapse: refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!"

enclosed collapse: closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling"

soft pedal collapse: a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

cloister collapse: a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions); seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"; surround with a cloister, as of a garden

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

smorgasbord collapse: an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal

wrap collapse: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person; a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla; arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

jail collapse: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

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