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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"

furniture collapse: furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"

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

above collapse: an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above"; appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"; at an earlier place; "see above"; in or to a place that is higher

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

vulgarize collapse: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

then collapse: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"; subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed"; at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"; in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich"

proceed collapse: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"; move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

condition collapse: the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition; an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else; (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"; a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition"; a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"; the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape'); apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it"; put into a better state; "he conditions old cars"; establish a conditioned response

continuum collapse: a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct of distinguishable from adjacent parts

think up collapse: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

trek collapse: any long and difficult trip; a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers); make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis"; journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas"

resolve collapse: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"; make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"

demur collapse: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings; take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"; enter a demurrer

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

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

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

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