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behind collapse: in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"; remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"; in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"; in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"; of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

precarious collapse: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"; not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"; dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder"

fundamental collapse: the lowest tone of a harmonic series; being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

glance collapse: a quick look; throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

fag end collapse: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope; the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

posterior collapse: at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates

marrow collapse: the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones; large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins; very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones; any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

keel collapse: one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability; the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly

agnostic collapse: a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist); someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something; uncertain of all claims to knowledge; of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism

amaze collapse: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

detonate collapse: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

fade collapse: gradually ceasing to be visible; become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

poker face collapse: a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)

root collapse: the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"; (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground; a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number; take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"; cause to take roots; plant by the roots; come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

feel collapse: manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"; an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";; seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"; examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"; pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"; undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"; perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"; undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"; grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"; produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"; find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"; be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"

essence collapse: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

interaction collapse: a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting; (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

over collapse: (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch; throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"; at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there"; throughout an area; "he is known the world over"; beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position; "a roof that hangs over";

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