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insert collapse: an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted; a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication; introduce; "Insert your ticket here"; put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

make the grade collapse

saturation point collapse: (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

fuel collapse: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"; stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"; take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"; provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"; provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

changeling collapse: a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

shilly shally collapse

know no bounds collapse

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

permeate collapse: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

interject collapse: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"

make amends collapse

hack it collapse

prevaricate collapse

alternate collapse: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves"; allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"; do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"; go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions; exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

blow hot and cold collapse

jump up collapse

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

gorge collapse: a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it); overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

repay collapse

workhorse collapse: a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor; machine that performs dependably under heavy use; "the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world"

thicken collapse: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"; make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"; make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"

crab collapse: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"; decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers; the edible flesh of any of various crabs; a quarrelsome grouch; fish for crab; scurry sideways like a crab; direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

inflate collapse: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"; exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

pay back collapse: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

tergiversate collapse

stay collapse: continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"; (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar; a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset); a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"; stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"; stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"; fasten with stays; stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"; remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"; stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"; continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

sumpter collapse

do the trick collapse

puff up collapse: make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"

bottle up collapse: control and refrain from showing; of emotions

stop collapse: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"; the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"; (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"; the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"; a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta"; cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"; come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"; interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"; stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

about ship collapse

change course collapse

intervene collapse: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"; be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

stoke collapse: stir up or tend; of a fire

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