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startle collapse: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"; to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"; move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

enclose collapse: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"; close in or confine

boundary collapse: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; a line determining the limits of an area

limit collapse: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"; the boundary of a specific area; as far as something can go; the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"; the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity; restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

acme collapse: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

quality control collapse: maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods

culmination collapse: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

confine collapse: prevent from leaving or from being removed; deprive of freedom; take into confinement

parts collapse: the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"

fortnight collapse: a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

stampede collapse: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"; a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle); run away in a stampede; cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"; act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"; cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

go for broke collapse: risk everything in one big effort; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race"

apex collapse: the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

start collapse: a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"; advantage gained by an beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch"; the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"; a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game; play in the starting lineup; get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"; get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"; begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"; bulge outward; "His eyes popped"; begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"

skedaddle collapse: a hasty flight; run away, as if in a panic

bitter end collapse: (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt; the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

vista collapse

countless collapse: too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

far out collapse

immeasurably collapse: to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement; "the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man"

maximum collapse: the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right; the largest possible quantity

stowage collapse: the act of packing or storing away; the charge for stowing goods

define collapse: give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"; determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"; show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"

ultra collapse

bordering collapse

extensive collapse: large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage"; of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type"

limiting collapse: strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"

ceiling collapse: the overhead upper surface of a room; "he hated painting the ceiling"; (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds; maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions); an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"

subtilize collapse: make (senses) more keen; mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

tonnage collapse: a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship

ridge collapse: a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters; any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane; a long narrow natural elevation or striation; a long narrow range of hills; a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean; any long raised strip; form into a ridge; spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"; throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"; plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip; extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"

endlessly collapse: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste"; (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; "the Nubian desert seemed to stretch out before them endlessly"

apogee collapse: apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"

go all out collapse: perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night"

go in for collapse

surround collapse: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"; be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

nib collapse: the writing point of a pen

moderation collapse: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"; quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

hedge collapse: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes; an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"; any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change; minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"; enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"; hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"

with a vengeance collapse

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