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belabor collapse: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"; to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

reside collapse: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"

consist collapse: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"; be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end"; have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in; "The payment consists in food"; "What does love consist in?"

exist collapse: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"; support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

retain collapse: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"; secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"; allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

point up collapse: emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

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

cohabit collapse: room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

tide over collapse: suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"

continue collapse: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"; continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"; keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"; continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"; continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"; do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"

lengthen collapse: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

occur collapse: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"; to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

hang out collapse: spend time in a certain location or with certain people; "She hangs out at the corner cafe"

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