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waterspout collapse: a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof); a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist

recourse collapse: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

wind collapse: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"; breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"; empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"; a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"; air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"; coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"; wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

confession collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution; a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party; a document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century); a public declaration of your faith; an admission of misdeeds or faults

sniff out collapse: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "H can smell out trouble"

silhouette collapse: a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow); represent by a silhouette; project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette

pottery collapse: the craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln; a workshop where clayware is made

axis collapse: the center around which something rotates; the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head; a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions; in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"; the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

beep collapse: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning; call, summon, or alert with a beeper

drift collapse: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"; the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation"; a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"; something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents; a force that moves something along; the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane); a process of linguistic change over a period of time; be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"; be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"; drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"; cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"; move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"; vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"

esplanade collapse: a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

cornet collapse: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

adjourn collapse: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"; break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

ballast collapse: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship; an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps; an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings; coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads; make steady with a ballast

dislodge collapse: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"; remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

turbulence collapse: unstable flow of a liquid or gas; a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"; instability in the atmosphere

scent collapse: an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced; catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"

perorate collapse: deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

contrivance collapse: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"; an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"; an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

incorrect collapse: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

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