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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"

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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"

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

closeness collapse: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes); a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

short collapse: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed; tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"; (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"; primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"; of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"; not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"; lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"; low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"; so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue"; at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"; clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"; without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

illuminated collapse: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"

clamp collapse: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together; impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"; fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

stifle collapse: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee; smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

pigeonhole collapse: a specific (often simplistic) category; treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"; place into a small compartment

clinch collapse: (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily; the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet; a small slip noose made with seizing; settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"; flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"; secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"; embrace amorously; hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

cling to collapse: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"

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