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hatchet collapse: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)

edge tool collapse: any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

jackknife collapse: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out; dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

mulch collapse: a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion; cover with mulch; "mulch the flowerbeds"

hoe collapse: a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle; dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"

plow collapse: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing; to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"; move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

palsy collapse: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor; affect with palsy

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

catalepsy collapse: a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

harrow collapse: a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil; draw a harrow over (land)

pick collapse: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"; a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"; a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"; a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument; remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"; select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"; attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"; provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"; pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

spade collapse: a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot; a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps"; dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds"

cultivate collapse: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"; foster the growth of

tool collapse: an implement used in the practice of a vocation; work with a tool; drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"; furnish with tools

smallpox collapse: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

measles collapse: an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

cholera collapse: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

spotted fever collapse: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin

hookworm collapse: parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts; infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

yaws collapse: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

typhus collapse: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

diphtheria collapse: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

German measles collapse: a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester

rheumatic fever collapse: a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves

scarlet fever collapse: an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

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