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fiction collapse: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

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

consummate collapse: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"; make perfect; bring to perfection; fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage"

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

fortification collapse: the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food); defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it; the art or science of strengthening defenses

bet collapse: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"; maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"; stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

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

nude collapse: a painting of a naked human figure; a statue of a naked human figure; a naked person; without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude'); "they swam in the nude"

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"

career collapse: the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"; the particular occupation for which you are trained; move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"

do collapse: the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization; create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"; travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"; carry on or manage; "We could do with a little more help around here"; get (something) done; "I did my job"; proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

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

hustle collapse: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"; sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

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

divine collapse: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"; emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review; being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe; appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref; devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"; search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"; perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

hydrate collapse: any compound that contains water of crystallization; cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin"; become hydrated and combine with water; supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently"

polymerize collapse: undergo polymerization; cause (a compound) to polymerize

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"

voyage collapse: a journey to some distant place; travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

barbican collapse: a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

collaborate collapse: work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group"; cooperate as a traitor; "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris"

glower collapse: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

pass through collapse: cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution"

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