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adolescent collapse: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls"; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"; being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"; relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems"

depressed collapse: having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule"; lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down"; flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces

attend collapse: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"; take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"; be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"; to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation"

invariably collapse: in an invariable manner; "invariably, he would forget his keys"

discount collapse: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

reel collapse: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps; winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod; a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector; music composed for dancing a reel; wind onto or off a reel

throb collapse: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"; a deep pulsating type of pain; pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"

corrupt collapse: lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"; touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"; containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"; alter from the original; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

hap collapse: an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

bleed collapse: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"; drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"; get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

reappear collapse: appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago"

revive collapse: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"; be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"

bleach collapse: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent); the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"; make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"; remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

unconscious collapse: not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"; without conscious volition

run into collapse: collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"; be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

funk collapse: an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar; United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967); a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

retail collapse: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale; selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; "retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price"; at a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only"; sell on the retail market; be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"

awkward collapse: not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"; causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"; hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"; not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"; lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

uninstructed collapse: lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

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