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euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

swarm collapse: a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies"

quality control collapse: maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods

trickle collapse: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"

confluence collapse: a flowing together; a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

moisture collapse: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

fluidity collapse: a changeable quality; "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"; "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"; "demographers try to predict social fluidity"; the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"

comb collapse: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"; the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds; ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore; a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair; any of several tools for straightening fibers; a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl; smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"; search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"; straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"

surge collapse: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"; see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

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"

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

sled collapse: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow; ride (on) a sled

arise collapse: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"; rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"; originate or come into being; "a question arose"

extrusion collapse: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

lactation collapse: the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands; the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

accrue collapse: grow by addition; "The interest accrues"; come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

river collapse: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

secretion collapse: a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell; the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

flood collapse: a large flow; the act of flooding; filling to overflowing; light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography; the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"; an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"; cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"; become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"; supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

sailing collapse: the departure of a vessel from a port; riding in a sailboat

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

depend collapse: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"

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