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stem: the tube of a tobacco pipe; remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"; stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"; grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"; cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

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blow the whistle collapse

derive from collapse

emanate collapse: proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

emerge collapse: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"; become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"; come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge"

provenance collapse

germinate from collapse

grow from collapse

pull up collapse

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

prong collapse: a pointed projection

taproot collapse: something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot"; (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem

radix collapse

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

ensue collapse

provenience collapse

struggle against collapse

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

plinth collapse

bole collapse: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa; a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

buttocks collapse: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

originate collapse: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"; come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"; begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

word formation collapse

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

bloodline collapse

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

stanchion collapse: any vertical post or rod used as a support

inception collapse

catheter collapse: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

tubing collapse

banister collapse

scape collapse: erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

gens collapse

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

bring before collapse

lay before collapse

put it to collapse

balustrade collapse

proceed collapse: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"; move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

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