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refill collapse: a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"; a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill"

law collapse: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"; a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society; a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"; legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"; the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

generate collapse: bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

acquire collapse: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

remember collapse: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"; keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"; recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"; exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"; mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"; show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"

parasitism collapse: the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

think up collapse: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

atmosphere collapse: the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"; the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body; the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"; a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

convict collapse: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence; find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

dangle collapse: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"; hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

bring in collapse: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"; transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine"; submit (a verdict) to a court

automatism collapse: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

animate collapse: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"; belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"; give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

arraign collapse: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy; call before a court to answer an indictment

collaboration collapse: act of working jointly; "they worked either in collaboration or independently"; act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country

accuse collapse: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He charged the man with spousal abuse"

teamwork collapse: cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective); "it will take money, good planning and, above all, teamwork"

fix up collapse: find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"

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