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skim collapse: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

farming collapse: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"; the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

telepathy collapse: apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions

nonconforming collapse: not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

negotiator collapse: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

secession collapse: formal separation from an alliance or federation; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War; an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

drug addiction collapse: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

addiction collapse: (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"; an abnormally strong craving; being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

indelicacy collapse: an impolite act or expression; the trait of being indelicate and offensive

defoliant collapse: a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off

toxicology collapse: the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

mental health collapse: the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment

interaction collapse: a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting; (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

nationalization collapse: changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in character; the action of forming or becoming a nation

alienated collapse: caused to be unloved; socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"

sailing collapse: the departure of a vessel from a port; riding in a sailboat

stand by collapse: be available or ready for a certain function or service; be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"; not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

thumb collapse: the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb; the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

herbicide collapse: a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

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