Both Uses of
collide
in
Main Street
- He suddenly had in her eyes the heroism of a wireless operator on a ship in a collision; of an explorer, fever-clawed, deserted by his bearers, but going on—jungle—going—— At six, when the light faltered in as through ground glass and bleakly identified the chairs as gray rectangles, she heard his step on the porch; heard him at the furnace: the rattle of shaking the grate, the slow grinding removal of ashes, the shovel thrust into the coal-bin, the abrupt clatter of the coal as it…†
Chpt 15
- She collided with the problem of lighting.†
Chpt 18 *
Definition:
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(collide) crash together with violent impact; or come into conflict