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embrace collapse: a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"; the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection); the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea"; squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"; include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

tightening collapse: the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"

scrape collapse: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"; a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"; scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"; gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"; make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

padlock collapse: a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut; fasten with a padlock

bolt collapse: a sudden abandonment (as from a political party); a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener; the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key; a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech; a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length; make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"; swallow hastily; secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door"; move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"

stretched collapse: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"; extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"

speechless collapse: unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

dog collapse: a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"; informal term for a man; "you lucky dog"

cut in collapse: mix in with cutting motions; interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"; drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably; allow someone to have a share or profit

blockade collapse: a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy; prevents access or progress; impose a blockade on; obstruct access to

anal collapse: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.; of or related to the anus; "anal thermometer"

mum collapse: secrecy; "mum's the word"; failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"

foolproof collapse: not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

potted collapse: (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version of a novel"; preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted shrimp"; of plants; planted or grown in a pot; "potted geraniums"

grasping collapse: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands; understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

waterproof collapse: any fabric impervious to water; make watertight; "Waterproof the coat"

snug collapse: well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little sailboat"; offering safety; well protected or concealed; "a snug harbor"; "a snug hideout"

scarce collapse: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"; not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

jam collapse: preserve of crushed fruit; interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"; crush or bruise; "jam a toe"; crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"; get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"; push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

plastered collapse: (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster; (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance; "black hair plastered with pomade"

cram collapse: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam; study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"; put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

toehold collapse: a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints; a small foothold used in climbing; a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made; "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"; "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"

hair collapse: a filamentous projection or process on an organism; any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"; a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"; filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"

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