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spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

commute collapse: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"; exchange a penalty for a less severe one; move from one side of an equation to the other side without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"; travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

charter collapse: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation; a contract to hire or lease transportation; grant a charter to

settler collapse: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country; a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings; a negotiator who settles disputes

termination collapse: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"; a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

bespeak collapse: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

brain collapse: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"; the brain of certain animals used as meat; kill by smashing someone's skull; hit on the head

rehearse collapse: engage in a rehearsal (of)

forgive collapse: stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"; absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"

pay no attention to collapse

subduing collapse

rumor collapse: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

cudgel collapse: a club that is used as a weapon; strike with a cudgel

intermit collapse

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

communicate collapse: transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"; transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"; administer communion; in church; be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"; join or connect; "The rooms communicated"

hearten collapse

assign collapse: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"; decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"; transfer one's right to; give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

replace collapse: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"; put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

spend collapse: pay out; "spend money"; spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"; pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"

send forth collapse

fold collapse: the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"; a pen for sheep; a folded part (as in skin or muscle); a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock; an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"; incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"; become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"; bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"; intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs"

send out collapse

signify collapse: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"; make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

civilize collapse: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

drum out collapse

motivate collapse: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

announce collapse: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"; foreshadow or presage; make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"; give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee"

finale collapse: the concluding part of any performance; the closing section of a musical composition

bring out collapse: direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"; take out of a container or enclosed space; "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!"; bring out of a specific state; encourage to be less reserved; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy"

circulate collapse: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"; move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"; move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"; cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"; cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty"

outwit collapse: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

lip collapse: fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth

remember collapse: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"; keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"; recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"; exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"; mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"; show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"

elude collapse: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"; be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

adumbrate collapse

deprive collapse: take away; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

flail collapse: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing; move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

kick upstairs collapse

signalize collapse: make conspicuous or noteworthy; point out carefully and clearly; provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection"

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