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lock in collapse: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"; close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

lock up collapse: secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"

haul collapse: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"; draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

applaud collapse: express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"; clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

gonorrhea collapse: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

syphilis collapse: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

pox collapse: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

acclaim collapse: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"; praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

chancre collapse: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

log collapse: measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water; a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane); a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log"; a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches; enter into a log, as on ships and planes; cut lumber, as in woods and forests

intern collapse: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term); work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"; deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"

dose collapse: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time; the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time; treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint"

encore collapse: an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand; request an encore, from a performer

applause collapse: a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

jail collapse: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

padlock collapse: a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut; fasten with a padlock

heave collapse: throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"; an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"; the act of lifting something with great effort; (geology) a horizontal dislocation; an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"; utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"; lift or elevate; throw with great effort; move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

boom collapse: any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring; a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set; a deep prolonged loud noise; a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"; a state of economic prosperity; grow stronger; "The economy was booming"; make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"; make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

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