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suspend collapse: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"; make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"; hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"; bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.; render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

stand collapse: a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"; a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"; tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade); a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"; an interruption of normal activity; a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"; the position where a thing or person stands; have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"; be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"; be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"; put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"; be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"; hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!"; be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"; be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"; remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"; occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"

exacerbate collapse: exasperate or irritate

journey collapse: the act of traveling from one place to another

fend collapse: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

videotape collapse: a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound; a video recording made on magnetic tape; record on videotape

ascend collapse: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"; slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"; go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"; become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"; go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

scalp collapse: the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"; remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"; sell illegally, as on the black market

stick together collapse: be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble; "The two families stuck together throughout the war"

put through collapse: connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

highlight collapse: an area of lightness in a picture; the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"; apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"

buy in collapse

amends collapse

carry out collapse

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

appeal to collapse

fight collapse: a boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television last night"; the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"; an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"; fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"; make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

run away collapse: escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

make merry collapse

refer to collapse

prescribe collapse

flatten collapse: lower the pitch of (musical notes); become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"; make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises"

pass on collapse: give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children"

throw out collapse

incorporate collapse: formed or united into a whole; unite or merge with something already in existence; "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case"; form a corporation; include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

ebb collapse: the outward flow of the tide; a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"; hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb; flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

fill up collapse: eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"

bistro collapse: a small informal restaurant; serves wine

let loose collapse

recommend collapse: make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"; push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

have collapse: suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"; undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"; have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"; have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"; achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"; have a personal or business relationship with someone; "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"; have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"; be confronted with; "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"

dispute collapse: coming into conflict with; a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"

chalk up collapse: accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

bear collapse: massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws; an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price; move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"; bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"; have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"; have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"

harmonize collapse: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing; bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"; bring into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests"; sing or play in harmony; write a harmony for; go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"

roll in collapse: pour or flow in a steady stream; "mist rolled in from the sea"; "tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside"

pouch collapse: a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things; (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican); an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"; send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels; put into a small bag

antecede collapse

dramatize collapse: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

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