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brevity collapse: the attribute of being brief or fleeting; the use of brief expressions

breed collapse: a lineage or race of people; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"; a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"; have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"; copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

overwhelm collapse: charge someone with too many tasks; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

condense collapse: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"; compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"; develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"; become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"; cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"; remove water from; "condense the milk"

wean collapse: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"; detach the affections of

fallible collapse: likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

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"

in no time collapse: in a relatively short time; "she finished the assignment in no time"

cart collapse: a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal; transport something in a cart

manifest collapse: a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane; reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"; record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested"

jibe collapse: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"

arrest collapse: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

satisfy collapse: make happy or satisfied; fulfil the requirements or expectations of

embryonic collapse: in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"; of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"

surprise collapse: the act of surprising someone; a sudden unexpected event; the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you; cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"; come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"

summary collapse: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

deprecate collapse: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"; express strong disapproval of; deplore

leg collapse: (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack; a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg; one of the supports for a piece of furniture; a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle; a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion; the limb of an animal used for food

follow collapse: behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"; grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow"; travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail"; to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"; adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"; accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years"; come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"; come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"; be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"; to bring something about at a later time than; "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"

proposition collapse: a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"; (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false; an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors); suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"

few collapse: a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"; an indefinite but relatively small number; "they bought a case of beer and drank a few"; a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"

fly-by-night collapse: a debtor who flees to avoid paying; ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"; of businesses and businessmen of questionable honesty; "a fly-by-night operation"

seem collapse: appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"; appear to exist; "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"

unblessed collapse: not provided with something desirable; "a hovel unblessed with electricity or running water"

backstroke collapse: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back; swim on one's back

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