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exaggeration collapse: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"; making to seem more important than it really is

give birth collapse: cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"; create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

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"

dawdler collapse: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

overburden collapse: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits; burden with too much work or responsibility; load with excessive weight

portray collapse: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

upside down collapse: in an inverted manner; "the box was lying on the floor upside down"

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

hinge collapse: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other; a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan"; attach with a hinge

rival collapse: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"; be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"

flood tide collapse: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

adverse collapse: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"; contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

sit collapse: be seated; be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"; sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"

face collapse: a vertical surface of a building or cliff; the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down"; the striking or working surface of an implement; the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"; status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"; the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"; the part of an animal corresponding to the human face; a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"; cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"; line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket"; turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"; turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card"; be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"

snail collapse: freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell; gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"

celestial navigation collapse: navigating according to the positions of the stars

stand by collapse: be available or ready for a certain function or service; be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"; not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

occur collapse: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"; to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

overhang collapse: projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else; be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"; project over

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