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topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

mug collapse: with handle and usually cylindrical; the quantity that can be held in a mug; rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"

veil collapse: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

racism collapse: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race; the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

wash collapse: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water); any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"; a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other; a thin coat of water-base paint; the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon); to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"; cleanse (one's body) with soap and water; form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"; remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"; apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to; clean with some chemical process; cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"; separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals); move by or as if by water; "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"; admit to testing or proof; "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"; be capable of being washed; "Does this material wash?"

lector collapse: a public lecturer at certain universities; someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

systematize collapse: arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

divest collapse: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"; deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

fade collapse: gradually ceasing to be visible; become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

warehouse collapse: a storehouse for goods and merchandise; store in a warehouse

cope collapse: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

hew collapse: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"; make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

apartheid collapse: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

unsheathe collapse: draw from a sheath or scabbard; "the knight unsheathed his sword"

unwrap collapse: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"

illuminate collapse: add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

darken collapse: make dark or darker; "darken a room"; become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"; tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"; become or make darker; "The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

staining collapse: (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study; the act of spotting or staining something

impute collapse: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"; attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

atmosphere collapse: the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"; the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body; the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"; a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

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