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intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

approbation collapse: official recognition or approval; official approval

lock up collapse: secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"

cue collapse: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards; an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

foreword collapse: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

strategic collapse: highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"; relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon"; "the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic considerations"

hallmark collapse: a distinctive characteristic or attribute

softened collapse: toned down

lining collapse: the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.); providing something with a surface of a different material; a protective covering that protects an inside surface

clause collapse: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

heat up collapse: make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"

horn collapse: one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates; any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn; an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound; a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather); a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it; a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;; the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails; stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

preface collapse

seal collapse: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions; a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents; fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure; a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture; a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal"; the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal"; decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"; hunt seals; close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax"; make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"; affix a seal to; "seal the letter"

title page collapse: a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher

synchronize collapse: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts"; cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches"; operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize"; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events"; make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"; happen at the same time

accelerate collapse: move faster; "The car accelerated"; cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

ramify collapse: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

transmitter collapse: set used to broadcast radio or tv signals

strident collapse: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"

swell collapse: a crescendo followed by a decrescendo; the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea; a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor); expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"; cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"; increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"; become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

complicate collapse: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"; make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

key up collapse

front matter collapse: written matter preceding the main text of a book

sharpen collapse: become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"; make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"; make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"; give a point to; "The candles are tapered"; raise the pitch of (musical notes); make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"; make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

seal up collapse

wheeler dealer collapse

insularity collapse

infuriate collapse: make furious

pressure group collapse

enhance collapse: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"; make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

wake up collapse: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

constrict collapse: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"

paragraph collapse: one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line; write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher; write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"; divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"

heighten collapse: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"; become more extreme; "The tension heightened"; increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

equalize collapse: compensate; make the score equal

confirmation collapse: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church; a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism; additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"; information that confirms or verifies

sign collapse: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"; a public display of a (usually written) message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows"; a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"; a gesture that is part of a sign language; a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified; "The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure; (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"; be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"; communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"; mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"; communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"; place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"; engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"; approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

suggestion collapse: the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association; an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"; a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"; persuasion formulated as a suggestion

evidence collapse: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"; an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"; (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

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