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buoy collapse: bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; mark with a buoy; keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"; float on the surface of water

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

trumpet collapse: utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"; proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"; play or blow on the trumpet

Mayday collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

call on collapse: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

visit collapse: the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"; the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection); the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"; a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist"; assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"; come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"; pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"; visit a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"; stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

leer collapse: a suggestive or sneering look or grin; look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

alarm collapse: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event; an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger; fear resulting from the awareness of danger; warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

whistle blower collapse: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

beacon collapse: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships; a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance; guide with a beacon; shine like a beacon

creak collapse: a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"

recorder collapse: equipment for making records; a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

principal collapse: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account; the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"; capital as contrasted with the income derived from it; the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

halt collapse: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

wink collapse: closing one eye quickly as a signal; signal by winking; "She winked at him"; force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

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