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obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

dike collapse: enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"

boom collapse: any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring; a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set; a deep prolonged loud noise; a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"; a state of economic prosperity; grow stronger; "The economy was booming"; make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"; make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

replenish collapse: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

cloy collapse: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

top off collapse: fill to the point of almost overflowing; "She topped off the cup"

eke out collapse: obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"; make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"; supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"; live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"

cork collapse: the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle); a port city in southern Ireland; outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.; stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"; close a bottle with a cork

fill in collapse: supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"

jam collapse: preserve of crushed fruit; interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"; crush or bruise; "jam a toe"; crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"; get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"; push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

fill collapse: a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"; plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"; become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"; make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"; appoint someone to (a position or a job); assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

aquatic collapse: a plant that lives in or on water; operating or living or growing in water; "boats are aquatic vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are aquatic animals"; relating to or consisting of or being in water; "an aquatic environment"

refill collapse: a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"; a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill"

harmonium collapse: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

incorporate collapse: formed or united into a whole; unite or merge with something already in existence; "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case"; form a corporation; include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

chink collapse: a short light metallic sound; a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall; offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent; fill the chinks of, as with caulking

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

satiate collapse: supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction; fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

plug collapse: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly; an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection; persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"; make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote; fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

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