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arrive collapse: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"; succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

clam collapse: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness; flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams; gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

raft collapse: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers; make into a raft; "raft these logs"; travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"; transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"

cut back collapse: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

trawl collapse: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths; a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys); fish with trawlers

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

smile collapse: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement; change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure; express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"

crouch collapse: the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body; bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

fall upon collapse: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

truncate collapse: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"; make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"; approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"; replace a corner by a plane

reap collapse: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"; get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

elide collapse: leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

sinker collapse: a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate; a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)

bow collapse: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments; a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument; curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows; front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"; a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces; a decorative interlacing of ribbons; an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience; bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame; something curved in shape; bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"; play on a string instrument; bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"

sum up collapse: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

recapitulate collapse: summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"; repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

capriole collapse: (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump; perform a capriole, in ballet; perform a capriole, of horses in dressage

telescope collapse: a magnifier of images of distant objects; make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"; crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

summarize collapse: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

caper collapse: a playful leap or hop; a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"; pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces; any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis; jump about playfully

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