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docked collapse: that in a dock; "a docked ship"

piddling collapse

preoccupy collapse: engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"; occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"

infatuate collapse: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

drawn collapse: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"; used of vehicles pulled forward (often used in combination); "horse-drawn vehicles"

frugality collapse: prudence in avoiding waste

lie low collapse: to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"; keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

poignancy collapse

narrow gauge collapse: a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches

open sesame collapse: any very successful means of achieving a result; a magical command; used by Ali Baba

enchant collapse: hold spellbound

obsess collapse: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

stretched out collapse

petty collapse: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

raddled collapse: used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles"

wordless collapse

hang around collapse

difficulties collapse

partake collapse: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"; have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"; have some of the qualities or attributes of something

watertight collapse: not allowing water to pass in or out

captivate collapse

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

baggage collapse: a case used to carry belongings when traveling; the portable equipment and supplies of an army; a worthless or immoral woman

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

monopolize collapse: have or exploit a monopoly of; "OPEC wants to monopolize oil"; have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"

slough collapse: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake); a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou); a hollow filled with mud

know how collapse

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

ungenerous collapse: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

ideation collapse: the process of forming and relating ideas

exiguous collapse: extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"

eclampsia collapse: a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy

avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

ingenuity collapse: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"

stuck collapse: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"; baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

tipsy collapse: unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; " a tipsy boat"

pissed collapse

elliptic collapse: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor; of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

elliptical collapse

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