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purse collapse: a small bag for carrying money; a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"; a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"; contract one's lips into a rounded shape; gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

solidify collapse: become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled"; make solid or more solid; cause to solidify

excavate collapse: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"; form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

anticipate collapse: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"; realize beforehand; be excited or anxious about; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

reconsider collapse: consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?"; consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, in legislation

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

lure collapse: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

endear collapse: make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared her to me"

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

condense collapse: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"; compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"; develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"; become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"; cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"; remove water from; "condense the milk"

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

predict collapse: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

compress collapse: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever); squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"; make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

consolidate collapse: make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"; make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate fibers into boards"; form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight"; unite into one; "The companies consolidated"; bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"

compare collapse: examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"; consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"; to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb; be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"

break even collapse: attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport; make neither profit nor loss

incur collapse: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

bleed collapse: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"; drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"; get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

wrinkle collapse: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different); a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"; make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"

quibble collapse: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections; argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"; evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

inspire collapse: supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"; heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

adduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

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