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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"

raven collapse: large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail; feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"; prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"; obtain or seize by violence

hold on collapse: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

persist collapse: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

unforgiving collapse: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman"

fall for collapse: fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil"; be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

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

stick out collapse: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

run on collapse: talk or narrate at length; continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

backwater collapse: any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress; a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

ablate collapse: remove an organ or bodily structure; wear away through erosion or vaporization

disclaim collapse: make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"; renounce a legal claim or title to

retract collapse: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

spend collapse: pay out; "spend money"; spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"; pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"

peeler collapse: a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; "she invented a potato peeler"; a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

be collapse: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"; work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"; have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"; have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"; be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"; occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"; to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"; happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"

delectable collapse: capable of arousing desire; "the delectable Miss Haynes"; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

tuck in collapse: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"

roost collapse: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep; a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds; settle down or stay, as if on a roost

nest collapse: a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"; furniture pieces made to fit close together; a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves"; a cosy or secluded retreat; a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young; gather nests; fit together or fit inside; "nested bowls"; inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

chaperon collapse: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

abjure collapse: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

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