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grouping collapse: the activity of putting things together in groups; a system for classifying things into groups

modifier collapse: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

perfectly collapse: in a perfect or faultless way; "She performed perfectly on the balance beam"; "spoke English perfectly"; "solved the problem perfectly"

vow collapse: a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took vows of poverty"; make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"; dedicate to a deity by a vow

borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

wing collapse: a movable organ for flying (one of a pair); one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane; a stage area out of sight of the audience; the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"; a unit of military aircraft; a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side

fleet collapse: a group of warships organized as a tactical unit; a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership; group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership; group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership; moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"

verbal collapse: communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"; prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare; relating to or having facility in the use of words; "a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude"; expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract"; of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"; of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verbal ability"

ensemble collapse: a coordinated outfit (set of clothing); an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole; a group of musicians playing or singing together; "a string ensemble"; a cast other than the principles

syntax collapse: the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences; a systematic orderly arrangement

honest-to-God collapse: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

double entendre collapse: an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

spoor collapse: the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

string quartet collapse: an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello

lifelike collapse: free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"

unflattering collapse: showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress"

predicate collapse: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements; (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"; affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"; make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"

elite collapse: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

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