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pommel collapse: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle; a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

healthful collapse: conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"

fall in collapse: to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

disarrange collapse: disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"; destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

round up collapse: seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"

belabor collapse: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"; to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

flail collapse: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing; move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

rumple collapse: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

alderman collapse: a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"

regiment collapse: army unit smaller than a division; assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"; subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"; form (military personnel) into a regiment

rawhide collapse: untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes

accelerate collapse: move faster; "The car accelerated"; cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

prepare collapse: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"; lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139"; prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"

draw up collapse: come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"; cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"; straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"; form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

forge collapse: a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering; furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping; make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"; create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"; move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy; move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"

spank collapse: a slap with the flat of the hand; give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

cowhide collapse: a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow; the hide of a cow; leather made from the hide of a cow; flog with a cowhide

hurry collapse: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"

make up collapse: apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"; devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"; make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"

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"

chipper collapse: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"

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