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derive collapse: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state; come from; "The present name derives from an older form"; obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

pick up collapse: lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"; take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"; give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"; take and lift upward; register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"; buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"; get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"; meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

task collapse: assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"

road map collapse: a map showing roads (for automobile travel); a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

originate collapse: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"; come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"; begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

lining collapse: the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.); providing something with a surface of a different material; a protective covering that protects an inside surface

quote collapse: put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"; repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"; refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"; name the price of; "quote prices for cars"

juxtapose collapse: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

look back collapse: look towards one's back; "don't look back while you walk"

spank collapse: a slap with the flat of the hand; give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

catalog collapse: a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog"; a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalogue of his achievements"

publication collapse: the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution; the communication of something to the public; making information generally known; a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

deduce collapse: reason by deduction; establish by deduction; conclude by reasoning; in logic

propose collapse: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

resurrect collapse: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"; return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

mediate collapse: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"; occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"

bulletin collapse: a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast); make public by bulletin

create collapse: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"; pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating"; bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"; invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer"

writing collapse: the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"; the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"; letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"; the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"; (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

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