exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
break violently or noisily; smash;
cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
increase in; "gain momentum"; "gain nerve"
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
a fringe of hair that is cut short squarely across the forehead
a sudden very loud noise
the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
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"