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pick up collapse: lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"; take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"; give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"; take and lift upward; register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"; buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"; get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"; meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

premature collapse: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"; born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant"

lay collapse: not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"; put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"; lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"; prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"; impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

able collapse: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"; having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"; have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"; having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"

intend collapse: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"; design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

cling to collapse: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"

go up collapse: be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"

plan collapse: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"; a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"; make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"; have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"; make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

fore collapse: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

tiptoe collapse: the tip of a toe; walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"; on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"; walk on one's toes

enterprising collapse: marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far"

heft collapse: the property of being large in mass; test the weight of something by lifting it

coast collapse: the area within view; "the coast is clear"; a slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"; move effortlessly; by force of gravity

on collapse: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"; (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"; indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"; in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"

above collapse: an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above"; appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"; at an earlier place; "see above"; in or to a place that is higher

graduate collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts; confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"; receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"

permission collapse: approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"

neighbor collapse: a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"; a person who lives (or is located) near another; be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India"; live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house"

story collapse: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"

orientation collapse: the act of orienting; a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships; an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs; position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

broaden collapse: become broader; "The road broadened"; make broader; "broaden the road"

confront collapse: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"; be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

dated collapse: bearing a date; "dated and stamped documents"; marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

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