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elasticity collapse: the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"

sandwich collapse: two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them; insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men"; make into a sandwich

stiffen collapse: make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"; become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"; restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

dense collapse: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"; having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"; hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"; permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

papery collapse: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

spat collapse: a young oyster or other bivalve; a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles; spawn; "oysters spat"; engage in a brief and petty quarrel; strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"; become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"; come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"

steer collapse: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

deepen collapse: become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"; make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"

stupid collapse: a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"; lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

demurrer collapse: (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

muscle collapse: authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"; animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells; one of the contractile organs of the body; make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"

grouch collapse: a bad-tempered person; show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"

dumb collapse: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness; lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"

harden collapse: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"; make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

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