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adipose collapse: composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat"

rout collapse: an overwhelming defeat; cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"; make a groove in; dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"

ferment collapse: a substance capable of bringing about fermentation; cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"; work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"; be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"

meaty collapse: being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"; like or containing meat; "enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal"

beefy collapse: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"

boil collapse: a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus; cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"; bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates"; come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

fume collapse: be mad, angry, or furious; emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"

sturdy collapse: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"

storm collapse: a direct and violent assault on a stronghold; a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening; a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"; attack by storm; attack suddenly; take by force; "Storm the fort"; blow hard; "It was storming all night"; rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning; "If it storms, we'll need shelter"

buxom collapse: euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"

fuss collapse: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"; worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

ruffle collapse: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"; disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"; erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"; trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"; discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"

stir collapse: emotional agitation and excitement; a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared"; mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"; move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"; move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"

flurry collapse: a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers"; move in an agitated or confused manner

distended collapse: abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"

flap collapse: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"; a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag; a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body; the motion made by flapping up and down; pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds; move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"

large collapse: a garment size for a large person; having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"; above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"; fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"; with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"; at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

disorder collapse: a disturbance of the peace or of public order; condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"; bring disorder to

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