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flip collapse: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water; the act of flipping a coin; hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg; go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"; turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"; move with a flick or light motion; throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"; lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"; cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"; toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

pay back collapse: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

development collapse: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"; (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated; a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"; a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"; processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"; a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"; a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess); "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen"

revive collapse: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"; be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"

squeak collapse: a short high-pitched noise; "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow"; make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"

react collapse: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"; show a response or a reaction to something; act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

sickness collapse: defectiveness or unsoundness; "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"

details collapse: true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details"

power of attorney collapse: a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent

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

redeem collapse: convert into cash; of commercial papers; pay off (loans or promissory notes); to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange; restore the honor or worth of

shunt collapse: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body; a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current; a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"; transfer to another track, of trains; provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

render collapse: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls; cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"; pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"; coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"; give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"; give back; "render money"; make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"

translate collapse: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"; change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation; determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA; restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."; express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"; bring to a certain spiritual state; subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body; be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"; be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"

irretrievable collapse: impossible to recover or recoup or overcome; "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment"

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

pass on collapse: give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children"

allergy collapse: hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity

sheer collapse: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"; straight up or down without a break; cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

penance collapse: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution; voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

convulsion collapse: a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval; a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market"; violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles

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