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oblique collapse: any grammatical case other than the nominative; slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

retard collapse: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"; be delayed

prohibit collapse

flummox collapse

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

goings on collapse

invitation collapse: a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"; a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"

autoeroticism collapse: using you own body as a sexual object

thwart collapse: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

movements collapse

social science collapse: the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

frustrate collapse

split up collapse

entrapment collapse: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

modus vivendi collapse: a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement

dispel collapse

sabotage collapse: a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged; destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

aid collapse: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"; a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas"; a gift of money to support a worthy person or cause

mien collapse

exhibitionism collapse: the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals; extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

negate collapse: prove negative; show to be false

inch collapse: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

flirtation collapse

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

counteract collapse: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

leeway collapse: (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

speed collapse: changing location rapidly; a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"; distance travelled per unit time; travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"

forbidden fruit collapse: originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

disorganize collapse: remove the organization from

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

awry collapse: away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"

crossing collapse: traveling across; a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean); a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other; a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect

hinder collapse

differ collapse: be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

circumvent collapse

narcissism collapse

folkway collapse

fetishism collapse: sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs); a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)

askew collapse: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"; turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

perspective collapse: the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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