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direct current collapse: an electric current that flows in one direction steadily

alternating current collapse: an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"

ribbon collapse: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming; a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter; any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"

regurgitate collapse: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"; feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"; pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"

rudiment collapse: the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"; the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"

funeral collapse: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

repose collapse: a disposition free from stress or emotion; put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"; to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"; lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

breech collapse: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

vogue collapse: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

transference collapse: (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst

matrix collapse: mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface; the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded; a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)

underbelly collapse: the quality of being weak or unprotected; "the soft underbelly of the Axis"- Winston Churchill; the soft belly or underside of an animal's body; lower side; "the underbellies of clouds"

domicile collapse: (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; "what's his legal residence?"

proliferate collapse: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"; grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

train collapse: public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"; piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews"; a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters"; exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"; create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"; travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"; train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine"

run off collapse: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff; leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

flyover collapse: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

teem collapse: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

commute collapse: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"; exchange a penalty for a less severe one; move from one side of an equation to the other side without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"; travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

torrent collapse: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

igloo collapse: an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome

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