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subdivide collapse: divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"; form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"

ventilate collapse: furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"; circulate through and freshen; "The gust of air ventilated the room"; expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated"

crumble collapse: break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"; fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

fission collapse: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy; reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

interpose collapse: introduce; "God interposed death"; be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way"

effuse collapse: give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness"; pour out; "effused brine"

poop out collapse: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

escape collapse: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"; a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"; an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"; an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"; the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"; a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild; issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"; run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"; remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

evade collapse: use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"; practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

tea collapse: a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"; dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"; a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink"; a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"; a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers"

break even collapse: attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport; make neither profit nor loss

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"

trespass collapse: entry to another's property without right or permission; a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages; break the law; make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"; enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"

invent collapse: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

diverge collapse: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"; extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"; have no limits as a mathematical series

wilt collapse: causing to become limp or drooping; any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots; become limp; "The flowers wilted"; lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

crop up collapse: appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"

extrude collapse: form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"

foist collapse: insert surreptitiously or without warrant; to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"

entrench collapse: fix firmly or securely; occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night"

debrief collapse: put someone through a debriefing and make him report; "The released hostages were debriefed"

barbecue collapse: a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors; a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit; meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

impinge collapse: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

cultivate collapse: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"; foster the growth of

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