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abide collapse

depend on collapse: be dependent on, as for support or maintenance; "elderly parents often depend on their adult children"; be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"

loiter collapse: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

congeal collapse

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

come to nothing collapse

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

fizzle out collapse

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

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"

protract collapse

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

stay put collapse

tarry collapse: leave slowly and hesitantly

hold out collapse: wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

stand on collapse

shelve collapse: place on a shelf; "shelve books"

blench collapse

defer collapse

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

flock together collapse

herd together collapse

dangle collapse: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"; hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

dawdle collapse

stickle collapse: dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

mark time collapse

mingle collapse: get involved or mixed-up with; "He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair"

pal collapse: become friends; act friendly towards

pin on collapse

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

filibuster collapse: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

stave off collapse

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"

lop collapse

chum collapse: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish

wait collapse: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"; serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"; stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"; wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

overlie collapse: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"; lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

clique collapse: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

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