Word Finder - buckling

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To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.

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To make bend; to cause to become distorted.

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To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).

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It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.

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To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

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To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.

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To buckle down; to apply oneself.

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To fasten using a buckle.

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To unite in marriage.

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The act of fastening a buckle.

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A folding into hills and valleys.

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The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.

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Wavy; curly, as hair.

Lankha was nearly buckling under the weight of Toby.

But the iron sheathing was not strong enough to resist buckling under the passage of the loaded wagons, and to remedy this defect the plan, was tried of making the rails wholly of iron.

In the case of the plate web there must be a considerable excess of material, partly to stiffen it against buckling and partly because an excess of thickness must be provided to reduce the effect of corrosion.

It is comparatively rarely that bedded rocks are observed in the position in which they were first deposited, a certain amount of buckling up or sagging down of the crust being continually in progress in one region or another.

Also plotted is a curve for the minimum buckling stress coefficient.

Cylinders - buckling under compression, bending, torsion with internal pressure, collapse under external pressure.

The annealing kilns are large fire-brick chambers of small height but with sufficient floor area to accommodate four or six large slabs, and the slabs are placed directly upon the floor of the kiln, which is built up of carefully dressed blocks of burnt fireclay resting upon a bed of sand; in order to avoid any risk of working or buckling in this floor these blocks are set slightly apart and thus have room to expand freely when heated.

Partly to counteract any tendency to buckling under compression and partly for convenience in assembling a great mass of plates, the top and bottom were made cellular, the cells being just large enough to permit passage for painting.

To prevent buckling, many Scottish tenements have had steel restraint straps installed around the bay windows.

An example of estimating the elasto-plastic buckling stress through use of the material tangent modulus is given.

If they are too cold or warm, they'll expand or shrink after installation, leaving gaps or possibly creating buckling or overlapping.

The grill should be sturdy enough to handle one to three heavy cast iron pans without bending or buckling from weight.

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Cold air made his lungs ache, and he slowed then stopped, buckling over to catch his breath.

The first hawthorn hedges in Scotland are said to have been planted by soldiers of Cromwell at Inch Buckling Brae in East Lothian and Finlarig in Perthshire.

Local buckling - panels with various stringer sections, corrugated sandwich panels.

This means the risk of your flooring buckling or bowing due to changes in heat and humidity are far less.

Doing so can cause buckling and cracking as the panels expand and contract.

After buckling your boots, push your shins forward toward the tongue of your boot.