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breathe collapse: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"; reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"; manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"; utter or tell; "not breathe a word"; impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"; be alive; "Every creature that breathes"; allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

shill collapse: a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others; act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

write out collapse: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"; put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"

harden collapse: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"; make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

pierce collapse: 14th President of the United States (1804-1869); make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"; penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument; cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"; move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"; sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"

provide collapse: take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"; determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"; provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"; supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"

interlude collapse: a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance; an intervening period or episode; perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

humiliate collapse: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

get by collapse: pass or move in front of; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race"

facilitate collapse: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"; increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

letup collapse: a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

reconstruct collapse: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically; reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

carouse collapse: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party; engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night"

profess collapse: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"; take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"; receive into a religious order or congregation; state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

prophesy collapse: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

scend collapse: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"

ignore collapse: be ignorant of or in the dark about; refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"; fail to notice

vary collapse: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"; be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

dinner collapse: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"; a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party"

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