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gloom collapse: a feeling of melancholy apprehension; a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"; an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

darken collapse: make dark or darker; "darken a room"; become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"; tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"; become or make darker; "The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

germinate collapse: cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

come of age collapse: reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity

outgrow collapse: grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits"; grow faster than

fledge collapse: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"; decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"; feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

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

overgrow collapse: grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio"; become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"

dim collapse: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"; lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"; make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"; become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"; switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

sprout collapse: a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed); any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"

pullulate collapse: breed freely and abundantly; become abundant; increase rapidly

blossom collapse: develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"

brighten collapse: become brighter; "The sky brightened"; make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"; become brighter; "The sky brightened around noon"; "Her face brightened when she heard the good news"

burgeon collapse: grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

black out collapse: suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"; darken completely; "The dining room blackened out"; obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

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"

luxuriate collapse: thrive profusely or flourish extensively; become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

go up collapse: be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"

bleach collapse: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent); the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"; make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"; remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

hypertrophy collapse: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ; undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

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