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bridge	A valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.	Rate it: (3.25 / 4 votes)
bridge	Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
broad-beamed	Wide across body parts such as the hips.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
build upon	To form by combining materials or parts on top of a surface or foundation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
carve up	To divide or dismember, separate into parts	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cat's claw	Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern MexicoAcacia plumosa, a medicinal plant species native to BrazilCarpobrotus edulis, or uÃ±a de gato (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the Aizoaceae familyDolichandra unguis-cati, or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae familyGrevillea alpina, a shrub species native to AustraliaMartynia annua, a plant species endemic to BrazilMimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United StatesUncaria guianensis, a plant species found in GuyanaUncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicineUncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
copper-bottomed	Having lower parts made of or covered by copper.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
CPCFC	Initialism of corresponding parts of congruent forms are congruent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
curate's egg	A thing which has good and bad parts.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
dip into	To read parts of something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fit together	To put the appropriate parts of into a whole; to combine pieces that go together to create a finished object.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)	to analyse a general division into its specific parts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get one's hands dirty	to get involved with the unpleasant parts, or the lowest levels, of a task.	Rate it: (2.00 / 3 votes)
hangar queen	A grounded aircraft which is kept so that its parts can be used in other aircraft.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hook up	To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
light painting	The artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Main Street	The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
man of parts	A man that is talented in multiple areas of life. This includes but is not limited to the area of seduction. He puts very little emphasis on memorized scripts or "peacocking" and instead relies on individualized ways to charm a woman.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
play to the crowd	To appeal to the least sophisticated parts of an audience in order to obtain maximum approval.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
play to the gallery	To appeal to the least sophisticated parts of an audience in order to obtain maximum approval.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull apart	To open something by pulling on various parts of it.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
scrape the bottom of the barrel	To use the least desirable parts of something.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
sell a bargain	A species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
set down	Simple sum of parts set + down, to place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
show round	To show someone the important parts of something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
showing one’s shit	Wearing tight or ill-fitting clothing that reveals private parts; when body parts cannot be unseen through clothing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slice and dice	Divide and organise information into smaller parts to better analyse it in various ways ways	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sum of its parts	A concept in holism. Related to the idea that the total effectiveness of a group of things each interacting with one another is different or greater than their effectiveness when acting in isolation from one another.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the conference was attended by people from all walks of life	it means the conference was attended by people from different parts of the world	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing	Two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
to pieces	Into fragments or parts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
work together	To function together as parts of a larger process.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)