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bewitch collapse

flirt collapse: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

Tweedledum and Tweedledee collapse: any two people who are hard to tell apart

milk collapse: produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young; a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings; any of several nutritive milklike liquids; a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River; take milk from female mammals; "Cows need to be milked every morning"; add milk to; "milk the tea"; exploit as much as possible; "I am milking this for all it's worth"

eviscerate collapse: having been disembowelled; take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"; remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"

step up collapse

sidestep collapse: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

root out collapse

scrag collapse: the lean end of a neck of veal; lean end of the neck

dismember collapse: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

restrict collapse: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"; place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"; place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"

win collapse: a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win"; be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"

draggle collapse

call collapse: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"; a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's visits to his parishioners"; "a visit to a dentist"; "the salesman's call on a customer"; a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"; a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"; a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"; an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"; a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"; a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"; a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"; rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"; consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"; challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact"; utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"; order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"; order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"; lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"; get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"; order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"; declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out"; challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"; require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond"; ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"; utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another"; send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"; read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll"; indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"; give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance; demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan"; call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"; make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"; stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"

contrive collapse

superscribe collapse: write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"; write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address"

gasconade collapse

rouse collapse

sea cock collapse

withdraw collapse: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"; remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

attendance collapse: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.); the number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent"; the frequency with which a person is present; "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade"

spigot collapse

faucet collapse: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

pump collapse: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction; a low-cut shoe without fastenings; question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"; deliver forth; "pump bullets into the dummy"; operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; "pump the gas pedal"; raise (gases or fluids) with a pump; move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"; draw or pour with a pump; flow intermittently; supply in great quantities; "Pump money into a project"

measure up to collapse

corral collapse: collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"; arrange wagons so that they form a corral; enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"

tug collapse: a sudden abrupt pull; struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"; pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"; pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"; move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"; tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"; strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

pulling power collapse

bear up collapse: endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"

extract collapse: calculate the root of a number; remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"; separate (a metal) from an ore; get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

disentangle collapse: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"

pile it on collapse

respire collapse: undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide; breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

temporize collapse: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

crystallize collapse: cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"; assume crystalline form; become crystallized; cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

gather collapse: the act of gathering something; sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching; conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"; look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"; draw fabric together and sew it tightly; assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

paunch collapse

amount to collapse

don collapse: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"; a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov; Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu; a Spanish gentleman or nobleman; the head of an organized crime family

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