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build up collapse: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"; change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"; form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"; bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

huff collapse: a state of irritation or annoyance; inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"

engaging collapse: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"

angelic collapse: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"; having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"; of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger"

organize collapse: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"; cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

pretty collapse: pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"; (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"; used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"

delightful collapse: greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke"

exalt collapse: raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"

press agent collapse: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)

put up collapse: provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"; make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"; mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"

built collapse: (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents"

thrilling collapse: causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; "a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake"

overestimate collapse: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high; make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"

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"

found collapse: food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"; come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

establish collapse: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"; set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"; bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"; set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

cute collapse: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

hike collapse: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"; walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"; increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"

likable collapse: easy to like; agreeable; "an attractive and likable young man"

embody collapse: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"; represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

depend collapse: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"

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