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embitter collapse: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

domesticate collapse: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"; overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

arrange collapse: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"; make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"; put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"; adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

erupt collapse: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"; erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"; become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"; start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"; appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"; break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"; start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

interrogate collapse: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"; transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

undervalue collapse: esteem lightly; assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price"

wiener roast collapse: a cookout where roasted frankfurters are the main course

brunch collapse: combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning; eat a meal in the late morning; "We brunch in Sundays"

supper collapse: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime; a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities"

TV dinner collapse: a meal that is prepared in advance and frozen; can be heated and served

breakfast collapse: the first meal of the day (usually in the morning); eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"; provide breakfast for

solve collapse: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

get off collapse: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"; cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"; deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"; leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.; enjoy in a sexual way; "He gets off on shoes"; be relieved of one's duties temporarily

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

fluke collapse: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host; either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean; flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor; a barb on a harpoon or arrow

fission collapse: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy; reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

atomize collapse: break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"; spray very finely; "atomize perfume"

walk out collapse: leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children"; leave abruptly, often in protest or anger; "The customer that was not served walked out"

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