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detention collapse: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"; a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

andante collapse: a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace); (of tempo) moderately slow; at a moderately slow temp; "this passage must be played andante"

obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

drumstick collapse: a stick used for playing a drum; the lower joint of the leg of a fowl

stymie collapse: a thwarting and distressing situation; a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

drone collapse: stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen; a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone; an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control; talk in a monotonous voice; make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"

lumen collapse: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine"; a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions

lux collapse: a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle

barge collapse: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals); transport by barge on a body of water; push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room"

reef collapse: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef; roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area; lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"

quantum collapse: (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory); a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum theory

crawl collapse: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"; a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"; a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick; move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"; swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"; be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"; feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

dactyl collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

anapest collapse: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

light meter collapse: photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light

slacken collapse: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness; become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

tread collapse: structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step; the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground; the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire; brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center; mate with; "male birds tread the females"; crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"; tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"; apply (the tread) to a tire

photon collapse: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle

double time collapse: a doubled wage (for working overtime); a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog; at a faster speed; "now let's play the piece again double-quick"

wooden collapse: lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"; made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels"

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