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refract collapse: determine the refracting power of (a lens); subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"

disagree collapse: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"; be different from one another

digress collapse: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

strew collapse: cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"; spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"

fall out collapse: have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"; leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"

disband collapse: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"; cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"

deviate collapse: turn aside; turn away from; cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"; be at variance with; be out of line with

bottom out collapse: hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"; reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"

variegate collapse: change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors

divaricate collapse: spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"; branch off; "The road divaricates here"

diverge collapse: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"; extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"; have no limits as a mathematical series

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"

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

vary collapse: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"; be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

radiate collapse: send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"; issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box"; cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"; extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"; send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"

publish collapse: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"; have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

detour collapse: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked); travel via a detour

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

distribute collapse: give out; "The teacher handed out the exams"; administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"; be mathematically distributive; be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute"; spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly"

wander collapse: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

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