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adopt collapse: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"; take up and practice as one's own; choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

teamster collapse: someone who drives a truck as an occupation; the driver of a team of horses doing hauling

avaricious collapse: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

usurp collapse: take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

bog collapse: wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

straitjacket collapse: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person; anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"

go all out collapse: perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night"

mud collapse: slanderous remarks or charges; water soaked soil; soft wet earth; plaster with mud

truss collapse: a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure; (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure; support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"; tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

hamstring collapse: one of the tendons at the back of the knee; cripple by cutting the hamstring; make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"

mange collapse: a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

pinion collapse: a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack; cut the wings off (of birds); bind the arms of

puddle collapse: a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry; make a puddle by splashing water; mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"; work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud; dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"; subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"; wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"

colonize collapse: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"; settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"

rapacious collapse: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

handcuff collapse: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

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