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moire collapse: silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern; (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

punt collapse: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"; an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole; propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"; kick the ball

overcast collapse: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot; a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling; sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"; sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches; make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

pounce collapse: the act of pouncing; move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

ambitious collapse: having a strong desire for success or achievement; requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

friction collapse: effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure; the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

blue collapse: any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae; blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"; blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"; any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"; causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"; of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"; low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"; used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"; suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"; turn blue

rasp collapse: a coarse file with sharp pointed projections; uttering in an irritated tone; utter in a grating voice; scrape with a rasp

submission collapse: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another; (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing; an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter; a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter; something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?"; the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else; "the union was brought into submission"; "his submission to the will of God"

clergyman collapse: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

lob collapse: the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc; an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc; propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"

stoop collapse: an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward; small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house; carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"; sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"; descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"

supernova collapse: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process

quasar collapse: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

nova collapse: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

pulsar collapse: a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation

saving collapse: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

reverence collapse: a reverent mental attitude; regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

jarring collapse: making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"

resound collapse: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"

attic collapse: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof; informal terms for a human head; the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens; of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

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