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register collapse: a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device; an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room; (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind; (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments; an official written record of names or events or transactions; a book in which names and transactions are listed; enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"; send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"; manipulate the registers of an organ; show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"; enroll to vote; "register for an election"; record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

unexpurgated collapse: not having material deleted; "volumes of the best plays, unexpurgated"- Havelock Ellis

vacation collapse: the act of making something legally void; leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"; spend or take a vacation

prophecy collapse: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source); a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

filibuster collapse: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

clock watcher collapse: a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

tide over collapse: suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"

intelligence quotient collapse: a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

widespread collapse: widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

time collapse: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past; a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"; an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"; an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"; a suitable moment; "it is time to go"; a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"; adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"; regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"; assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"; set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

in the long run collapse: after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run"

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

dawdler collapse: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

interlude collapse: a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance; an intervening period or episode; perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

log collapse: measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water; a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane); a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log"; a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches; enter into a log, as on ships and planes; cut lumber, as in woods and forests

ascend collapse: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"; slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"; go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"; become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"; go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

convenience collapse: the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"; the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience"

letup collapse: a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

compass collapse: navigational instrument for finding directions; drafting instrument used for drawing circles; the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"; bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

quickening collapse: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"; the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

topography collapse: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features; precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

raid collapse: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors; search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"; take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

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