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catch collapse: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"; a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth; "he played catch with his son in the backyard"; a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window; a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"; a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident; "it sounds good but what's the catch?"; a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion); anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching); "he shared his catch with the others"; a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect; the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish"; contract; "did you catch a cold?"; delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"; be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood"; grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"; discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting"; become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window"; be the catcher; "Who is catching?"; cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"; spread or be communicated; "The fashion did not catch"; take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"; take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"; attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"; apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"; reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock"; suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"; perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"; hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"; perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"; get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"; check oneself during an action; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind"; start burning; "The fire caught"

long faced collapse

hayseed collapse

shaft collapse: a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow); a vertical passage into a mine; (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column; a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator); a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer; equip with a shaft

stonecutting collapse

ivory carving collapse

whittling collapse

purifier collapse: an apparatus for removing impurities

block collapse: a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"; housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing"; an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block"; a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"; a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block"; (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably"; a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"; shape by using a block; "Block a hat"; "block a garment"; support, secure, or raise with a block; "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car"; stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block; "block the book cover"; interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"; run on a block system; "block trains"

wishbone collapse: the furcula of a domestic fowl

weathercock collapse: weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster

callus collapse: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid; bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone; form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"; cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet"

column collapse: (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure; a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument); a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands; an article giving opinions or perspectives; a line of (usually military) units following one after another; a linear array of numbers one above another; anything tall and relatively thin that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

dyne collapse: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

kilo collapse

dim sighted collapse

asphalt collapse: a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons; mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing; cover with tar or asphalt; "asphalt the driveway"

intruder collapse: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

rocker collapse: a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro; an ice skate with a curved blade; a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold; a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles; a performer or composer or fan of rock music; an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

unenlightened collapse: not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"

galley collapse: the area for food preparation on a ship; the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner; (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars; a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

sliver collapse: form into slivers; "sliver wood"; divide into slivers or splinters

credence collapse: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

supercooled collapse

tiling collapse: the application of tiles to cover a surface

staid collapse

emetic collapse: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

stone wall collapse: a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields

cleaning collapse: the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

peregrine collapse: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

hominid collapse: a primate of the family Hominidae

roadblock collapse: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

petrify collapse: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

leave no stone unturned collapse: search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"

modeling collapse: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

boomerang collapse: a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower; return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

stone collapse: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"; a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"; United States architect (1902-1978); United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946); United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989); United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893); United States filmmaker (born in 1946); United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946); the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"; an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"; of any of various dull tannish or grey colors; kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"

rolling stone collapse

hamper collapse: a basket usually with a cover; prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

strapped collapse

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