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dour collapse: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

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"

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

adamant collapse: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

troublesome collapse: difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

crowded collapse: overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

try collapse: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"; test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"; give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students"; make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

occupied collapse: resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up"; held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"; seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe"

disentangle collapse: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"

publish collapse: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"; have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

intricate collapse: having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"

refract collapse: determine the refracting power of (a lens); subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

guzzle collapse: drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

around collapse: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"; by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"; in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"; to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"

quarry collapse: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"

hardheaded collapse: guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

unresponsive collapse: not responding to some influence or stimulus; not susceptible to suggestion or influence; aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances"

get over collapse: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

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