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mildew collapse: a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter; the process of becoming mildewed

eat collapse: eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"; take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"; worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"

welt collapse: a raised or strengthened seam; put a welt on; "welt the shoes"

blister collapse: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid; get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"; cause blisters to from on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"; subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

bunion collapse: a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

wound collapse: the act of inflicting a wound; a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat; a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost; any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision; put in a coil

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

rising collapse: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"; advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

boil collapse: a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus; cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"; bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates"; come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

worm collapse: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae; screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack; a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

fungus collapse: a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

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"

degrade collapse: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth; reduce the level of land, as by erosion

must collapse: grape juice before or during fermentation; a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"

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