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ascent collapse: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

stream collapse: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"; a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth; something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"; exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"; flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"; to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"

emission collapse: the act of emitting; causing to flow forth; the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe); the release of electrons from parent atoms

proceed collapse: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"; move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

ebb collapse: the outward flow of the tide; a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"; hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb; flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

current collapse: a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"; occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

flow collapse: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression; the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases); any uninterrupted stream or discharge; the amount of fluid that flows in a given time; cover or swamp with water; move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"; cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"; be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

seep collapse: pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

spew collapse: eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"

upward collapse: directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"

regressive collapse: opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state; (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

sluice collapse: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"; draw through a sluice; "sluice water"; transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"; pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

spin collapse: a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"; a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"; the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"; a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile); prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"; twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"; work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"; form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"; make up a story; "spin a yarn"; revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"; stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"

ski collapse: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow; move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski"

skateboard collapse: a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot; ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

airplane collapse: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

glissade collapse: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet; perform a glissade, in ballet

run on collapse: talk or narrate at length; continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

run out collapse: become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"; exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"; lose validity; "My passports expired last month"

poetry collapse: literature in metrical form; any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

skate collapse: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins; sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs; move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

fluency collapse: the quality of being facile in speech and writing; skillfulness in speaking or writing

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