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embody collapse: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"; represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

pool collapse: any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets; an excavation that is (usually) filled with water; an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"; something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"; a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"; the combined stakes of the betters; any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"; join or form a pool of people; combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"

sliver collapse: form into slivers; "sliver wood"; divide into slivers or splinters

facile collapse: performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"; arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

conference collapse: a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic; a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)

citizenry collapse: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"

pleasure principle collapse: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

symbolize collapse: represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"

calibrate collapse: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"; measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun"; mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"

miasma collapse: unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"; an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"

adultery collapse: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"

glare collapse: an angry stare; great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color"; shine intensely; "The sun glared down on us"; be sharply reflected; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"

logic collapse: reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"; a system of reasoning; the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war"; the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations; the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

innocence collapse: a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence"

casualty collapse: a decrease of military personnel or equipment; someone injured or killed in an accident; someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

tabula rasa collapse: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

monad collapse: (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan); a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive; (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

council collapse: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"; a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"; (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

meat collapse: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

soul collapse: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"; a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"; deep feeling or emotion; the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

cluster collapse: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"

schism collapse: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

blue book collapse: a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations; a register of persons who are socially prominent; a report published by the British government; bound in blue

account collapse: the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"; importance or value; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"; a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"; a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account"; furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money"; keep an account of; be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something; "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"

willing collapse: disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

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