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hotbed collapse: a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants; a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice"

premises collapse: land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"

ore collapse: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona; a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

chemistry collapse: the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions; the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together"

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

nitrate collapse: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid); treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"

heartland collapse: the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture

cradle collapse: a baby bed with sides and rockers; birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"; run with the stick; hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"; wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"; cut grain with a cradle scythe; hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"; bring up from infancy

suckle collapse: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"

manure collapse: any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material; spread manure, as for fertilization

bowel movement collapse: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement"

propagate collapse: multiply sexually or asexually; cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering; transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"; transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"; travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"; transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"

catheter collapse: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

dung collapse: defecate; used of animals; fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"

culture collapse: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"; (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"; the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group; the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"; a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

machine collapse: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks; a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point; a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"; an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine"; an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"; make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"; turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

salvation collapse: saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"; a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"; the state of being saved or preserved from harm

sod collapse: an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"; cover with sod

corn belt collapse: midwestern United States (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana); excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock

conservation collapse: the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources; (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations; an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

rake collapse: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil; a dissolute man in fashionable society; gather with a rake; "rake leaves"; level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"; move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"; sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

educate collapse: give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"; train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

nitrogen collapse: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

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