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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"

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

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"

insipid collapse: not pleasing to the sense of taste; lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"; lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel"

saunter collapse: a careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world"

barren collapse: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"; incapable of sustaining life; "the dead and barren Moon"; not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"; completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding"

shamble collapse: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"

bloodless collapse: destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden; free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup"; devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators"; without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless young man"

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"

pedestrian collapse: a person who travels by foot; lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

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

vapid collapse: lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls"

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"

delayed collapse: caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"; not as far along as normal in development

dinky collapse: a small locomotive; (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"; small and insignificant; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"

infrequent collapse: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"

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