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lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

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"

lagging collapse: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

dissolving collapse: the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"; causing to dissolve; "the dissolving medium is called the solvent"

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

jib collapse: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

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

coagulate collapse: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"

beak collapse: horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles); informal terms for the nose

airplane collapse: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

survive collapse: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"; continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

cohere collapse: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"; cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"

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"

hindrance collapse: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

cling collapse: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit; hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"; come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"; to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

stymie collapse: a thwarting and distressing situation; a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

amnesty collapse: the formal act of liberating someone; a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment; grant a pardon to (a group of people)

pause collapse: temporary inactivity; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

stand up collapse: defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"; refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack; resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

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

vanishing collapse: suddenly disappearing from sight; a sudden or mysterious disappearance; quickly going away and passing out of sight; "all I saw was his vanishing back"

flying collapse: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"; hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"; of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation); "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"; designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"; capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"

shunt collapse: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body; a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current; a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"; transfer to another track, of trains; provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

foreclosure collapse: the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default

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