very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
get worse; "His grades suffered"
be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"