Airplane Definition–noun | 1. | a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. | | 2. | any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. | |
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Crash Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces. | | 2. | to break or fall to pieces with noise. | | 3. | (of moving vehicles, object
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s, etc.) to collide, esp. violently and noisily. | | 4. | to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash. | | 5. | Aeronautics. to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing severe damage: The airliner crashed. | | 6. | to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise: The stock market crashed. | | 7. | Informal. to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission. | | 8. | Slang. | b. | to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: He let me crash at his house. | | c. | to fall asleep: I get home in the evening and I just crash till it's time for dinner. | | | 9. | Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, esp. an amphetamine, wears off. | | 10. | Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest. | | 11. | Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly. | | 12. | Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter. | | 14. | to force or drive with violence and noise (usually fol. by in, through, out, etc.). | | 15. | Aeronautics. t
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o cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft. | 16. | Informal. | a. | to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to crash a party. | | b. | to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.: to crash the gate at a football game. | | –noun | 17. | a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck: the crash of thunder. | | 18. | a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise: the sudden crash of dishes. | | 19. | a collision or crashing, as of automobiles, trains, etc. | | 20. | the shock of collision and breaking. | | 21. | a sudden and violent falling to ruin. | | 22. | a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.: the crash of 1929. | | 23. | Aeronautics. an act or instance of crashing. | | 24. | Ecology. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population. | –adjective | 25. | characterized by an intensive effort, esp. to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.: a crash plan to house flood victims; a crash diet. | |
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