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nap collapse: sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed); a soft or fuzzy surface texture; take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

doss collapse: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

enclave collapse: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

sleep collapse: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"; a torpid state resembling deep sleep; a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"; be asleep; be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"

retire collapse: cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"; lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"; dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"; go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"; withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"; make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"; withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

wink collapse: closing one eye quickly as a signal; signal by winking; "She winked at him"; force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

boxcars collapse: (usually plural) when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots the result is called `boxcars'

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"

teens collapse: all the numbers that end in -teen; the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

rest collapse: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"; a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"; a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration; euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"; a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"; be at rest; take a short break from one's activities in order to relax; give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"; not move; be in a resting position; put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"; be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"; be inherent or innate in;

eleven collapse: the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one; being one more than ten

plat collapse: a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.); make a plat of; "Plat the town"

sexagenarian collapse: someone whose age is in the sixties; being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing"

nonagenarian collapse: someone whose age is in the nineties; being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"

octogenarian collapse: someone whose age is in the eighties; being from 80 to 89 years old

fortnight collapse: a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

instant collapse: in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"

tract collapse: a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose; a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet; an extended area of land

gun collapse: the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"; a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel); shoot with a gun

moment collapse: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value; a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force); a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"; an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

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