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lay out collapse: provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house"; spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

catechumen collapse: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

anesthetize collapse: make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"

allege collapse: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

enamel collapse: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze; a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish; hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth; a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection; coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

pilgrim collapse: someone who journeys in foreign lands; someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion; one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

soothe collapse: cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

acolyte collapse: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

partake collapse: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"; have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"; have some of the qualities or attributes of something

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

suspend collapse: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"; make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"; hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"; bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.; render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

put in collapse: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF"; devote (time, effort, etc.) to a task; "He put in three hours every day at the hospital"

propose collapse: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

save collapse: (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"; make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"; to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"; feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"; spend less; buy at a reduced price; spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"; bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

extenuate collapse: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

deaden collapse: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil; make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"; become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor; lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"; make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

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