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receive collapse: convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"; receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"; regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"; accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"; partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament; express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"; get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"; have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"

overdose collapse: dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

embody collapse: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"; represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

admit collapse: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"; allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"; allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"; serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"; give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"; afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

groin collapse: the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals; build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"

levee collapse: an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing; a pier that provides a landing place on a river; a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

clog collapse: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction; footwear usually with wooden soles; fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"; coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"; impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"; impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"; become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"; dance a clog dance

interpolate collapse: insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby; estimate the value of

iron curtain collapse: an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries

dam collapse: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock; a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea; obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

inlay collapse: a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface; (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place; decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal

breakwater collapse: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

maximize collapse: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"; make the most of; "He maximized his role"

string out collapse: set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row"

supplant collapse: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

rampart collapse: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

wainscot collapse: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room; panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

supply collapse: offering goods and services for sale; an amount of something available for use; provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

understudy collapse: an actor able to replace a regular performer when required; be an understudy or alternate for a role

backstop collapse: a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"; (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field; act as a backstop

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