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modeling collapse: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

proliferate collapse: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"; grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

become collapse: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"; come into existence; "What becomes has duration"; undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"; enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

eiderdown collapse: down of the eider duck; a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

lubricate collapse: make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant; "lubricate the key"; apply a lubricant to; "lubricate my car"; have lubricating properties; "the liquid in this can lubricates well"

go up collapse: be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"

hypertrophy collapse: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ; undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

augment collapse: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"; grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

broaden collapse: become broader; "The road broadened"; make broader; "broaden the road"

scarecrow collapse: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

recording collapse: the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"; signal encoding something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded; a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded

ripen collapse: grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"; cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"

pillow collapse: a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person; rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"

widen collapse: become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"; make wider; "widen the road"; extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

satin collapse: a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

explosion collapse: the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"; a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball; a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"; a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction; the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away"; a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"

breakthrough collapse: making an important discovery; a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

pullulate collapse: breed freely and abundantly; become abundant; increase rapidly

blossom collapse: develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"

overgrow collapse: grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio"; become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"

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