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reassure collapse: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

fawn upon collapse

renowned collapse

siren collapse: eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills; an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning; a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound; a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"

come through collapse

bargain for collapse

laugh at collapse

make good collapse: act as promised; "make good on promises"

tell fortunes collapse

fortune tell collapse

roister collapse

touch collapse: the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"; a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"; the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful touch"; deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch"; the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands); "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"; the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"; a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"; the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"; the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"; a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"; a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"; comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"; be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"; make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"; cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"; tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"; affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"; perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"; deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

shape up collapse

sell short collapse: underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"; sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit

radio transmitter collapse: transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals

deprecate collapse: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"; express strong disapproval of; deplore

require collapse

make the most of collapse

cohabit collapse: room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

soothsay collapse

shrug off collapse: minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"

run wild collapse

refund collapse: the act of returning money received previously; money returned to a payer; pay back; "Please refund me my money"

spot collapse: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"; a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight spot"; a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"; a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program"; a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising; a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit); a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"; become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"; make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

maffick collapse

signify collapse: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"; make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

get to collapse: arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"

enter into collapse

sign collapse: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"; a public display of a (usually written) message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows"; a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"; a gesture that is part of a sign language; a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified; "The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure; (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"; be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"; communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"; mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"; communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"; place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"; engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"; approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

run amok collapse

replenish collapse: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

decide collapse: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"; bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"; cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"; influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

tracking collapse

put right collapse

dumb show collapse

stipulate collapse: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force; specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"; give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

hail collapse: enthusiastic greeting; precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents; greet enthusiastically or joyfully; call for; "hail a cab"; be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"; precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"

redress collapse: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

shrug collapse: a gesture involving the shoulders; raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

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