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bring about collapse: cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching"

slacken collapse: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness; become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

swap collapse: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

throw over collapse

waning collapse: a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon"; (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon"

conserve collapse: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"; use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"; keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"

bottle up collapse: control and refrain from showing; of emotions

petit mal collapse: a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching

grand mal collapse: a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body

let down collapse

come around collapse: happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"

repulse collapse

rebuff collapse: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval); an instance of driving away or warding off; reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

chair collapse: a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"; act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"

imperfection collapse: the state or an instance of being imperfect

come about collapse

in unison collapse: at the same pitch; "they sang in unison"; speaking or singing at the same time; simultaneously; "they shouted `Yes!' in unison"; "they responded in chorus to the teacher's questions"; in complete agreement; "my feelings about the matter are in unison with yours"

recruit collapse: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces); a recently enlisted soldier; cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"; seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"

renovate collapse: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

worsen collapse: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"; make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

seesaw collapse: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end; move up and down as if on a seesaw

intervene collapse: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"; be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

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"

bandy collapse: have legs that curve outward at the knees; discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions"; exchange blows; toss or strike a ball back and forth

bolster collapse: a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows; support and strengthen; "bolster morale"; prop up with a pillow or bolster

teeter collapse: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

fall collapse: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"; a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"; a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"; when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat; the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"; the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"; pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"; come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"; go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"; occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"; begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"; be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"; come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"; be cast down; "his eyes fell"; assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"; descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"; drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"; lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"; slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"; move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"; be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"; fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"; be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"; to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student"; to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"; lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"; suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"; yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"; lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"; touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"; die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"; be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"; come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

evacuate collapse: excrete or discharge from the body; empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"; create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel); move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"; move people from their homes or country

cleavage collapse: the act of cleaving or splitting; the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts); (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum; the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules; the state of being split or cleft; "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"

fro collapse

echo collapse: the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped; a reply that repeats what has just been said; (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained; call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

back burner collapse: reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"

reimbursement collapse: compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"

unimpressive collapse: not capable of impressing

tune down collapse

acknowledgment collapse: a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"

repartee collapse: adroitness and cleverness in reply

ascending collapse

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

deciduous collapse: (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season; (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth"

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