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enhance collapse: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"; make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

behave collapse: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"; behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

move collapse: the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"; (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game; the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"; go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"; progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"; propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting; have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"; arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"; move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"; cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"; change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"; dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"; live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"

prepossess collapse: make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"; cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"; possess beforehand

handshake collapse: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

retake collapse: a shot or scene that is photographed again; photograph again; "Please retake that scene"

plagiarize collapse: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

flying start collapse: a quick and auspicious beginning; a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line

gently collapse: in a gradual manner; "a gently sloping terrain"; in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"

get through collapse: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"; succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

legislate collapse: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

assure collapse: assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"; inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"

clean up collapse: make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"; dispose of; "settle the bills"; make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"

wavelength collapse: the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave; a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding; "they are on the same wavelength"

radio wave collapse: an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m

crave collapse: plead or ask for earnestly; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

alpha collapse: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet; the beginning of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations; early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"; first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star"

unload collapse: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

float collapse: something that remains on the surface of a liquid; a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco; an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade; the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public; the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment; convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"; allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"; make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"; put into the water; "float a ship"; move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"; set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"; be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"; be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink; circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

magnetic tape collapse: memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information; "he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview"

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

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