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painting collapse: the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"; the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"; creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"; graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

symbolize collapse: represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"

balance of trade collapse: the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports"

big business collapse: commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies; "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively"

moneyed collapse: based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth; "moneyed interests"

hands collapse: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

encore collapse: an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand; request an encore, from a performer

latitudinarian collapse: a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)

ballyhoo collapse: blatant or sensational promotion; advertize noisily or blatantly

tempera collapse: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

cameo collapse: engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

outsize collapse: an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large); larger than normal for its kind

dignity collapse: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"; formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"; high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

storybook collapse: a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children)

plasma collapse: colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended; (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma"; a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

leukocyte collapse: blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

rationale collapse: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

still life collapse: a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers

counterpart collapse: a duplicate copy; a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

beaver collapse: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges; a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material); a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face; a full beard; the soft brown fur of the beaver; work hard on something

coward collapse: a person who shows fear or timidity; English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

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