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trickery collapse: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them); verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

dialogue collapse: a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek"; the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction; a conversation between two persons

effigy collapse: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"

take up collapse: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"; adopt; "take up new ideas"; turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"; take up time or space; "take up the slack"

converse collapse: a proposition obtained by conversion; turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"; of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"; carry on a conversation

quarter note collapse: a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

plagiarize collapse: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

react collapse: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"; show a response or a reaction to something; act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

triplicate collapse: one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly; reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the committee"

turn in collapse: make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate"

consultation collapse: a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"; a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"

winged collapse: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"; having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";

galloping collapse: that are running rapidly; "surrounded by galloping horses"

understudy collapse: an actor able to replace a regular performer when required; be an understudy or alternate for a role

minimize collapse: make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"; cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"

pair collapse: a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value; two people considered as a unit; a set of two similar things considered as a unit; arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"; occur in pairs; form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"

come down collapse: criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"

eighth collapse: position eight in a countable series of things; coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

canape collapse: an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food

enlargement collapse: a photographic print that has been enlarged; the state of being enlarged

fomentation collapse: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord); application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation

platform collapse: a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"; any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons; the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system; a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"

spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

yoke collapse: stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team; fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment; a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together; support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end; a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen"; an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"; put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together"; link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"; become joined or linked together

phosphor collapse: a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

unresolved collapse: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved

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