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windup collapse

nook collapse: a sheltered and secluded place

line up collapse: take one's position before a kick-off; form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"; get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"; form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"

finality collapse: the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death"

haunt collapse: a frequently visited place; haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

genus collapse: a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"; (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

ranch collapse: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle); manage or run a ranch; "Her husband is ranching in Arizona"

origin collapse: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"; the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero; an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

hedge collapse: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes; an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"; any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change; minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"; enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"; hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"

perch collapse: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes; spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes; support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird); any of numerous fishes of America and Europe; an elevated place serving as a seat; a square rod of land; a linear measure of 16.5 feet; sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"; cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"

stash collapse

pin down collapse: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"; attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"

South Pole collapse: the southernmost point of the Earth's axis

North Pole collapse: the northernmost point of the Earth's axis

believe collapse: accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"; credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"; follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"; be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"

jumping off place collapse

purgatory collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins; a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse"

bolt hole collapse

align collapse: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"; bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"; align oneself with a group or a way of thinking; align with; be or come into adjustment

lair collapse: the habitation of wild animals

antipodes collapse: any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes"

navigate collapse: direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar"; act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"

locate collapse: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"; assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

origination collapse

nonoccupancy collapse

inaugurate collapse: be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"; commence officially; open ceremoniously or dedicate formally

concealment collapse: the activity of keeping something secret

opening collapse: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"; becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"; a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings"; a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"; the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"; the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews"; a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise; an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"; opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"; first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"

take place collapse

taking place collapse

foxhole collapse: a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire

dugout collapse: either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game

finish collapse: the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"; (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"; the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish"; designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"; the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view"; cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"; provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"

secret place collapse

moonlighting collapse

be collapse: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"; work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"; have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"; have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"; be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"; occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"; to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"; happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"

homestead collapse: dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land; land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law; the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family; settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

spontaneous collapse: happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion"

tabulate collapse: shape or cut with a flat surface

antepast collapse

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