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crouch collapse: the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body; bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

ad infinitum collapse: to infinity; without or seemingly without limit; "talked on and on ad infinitum"

crane collapse: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world; lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis; United States poet (1899-1932); United States writer (1871-1900); stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"

ankle collapse: a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

walking stick collapse: any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies; a stick carried in the hand for support in walking

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

suture collapse: thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together; a seam used in surgery; an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull); join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

high horse collapse: an attitude of arrogant superiority; "get off your high horse and admit you are wrong"

condescension collapse: affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"; the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior; a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

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

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

determination collapse: the act of determining the properties of something; the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"

wrongheaded collapse: obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion; "a wrongheaded policy"

vexed collapse: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"

cadaver collapse: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

spoon collapse: a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food; formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face; as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"; scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast"

mannered collapse: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

toggle collapse: a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable); any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time; release by a toggle switch; "toggle a bomb from an airplane"; fasten with, or as if with, a toggle; provide with a toggle or toggles

street Arab collapse: a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

ragpicker collapse: an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood

waterproof collapse: any fabric impervious to water; make watertight; "Waterproof the coat"

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