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oversee collapse: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

retire collapse: cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"; lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"; dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"; go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"; withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"; make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"; withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

enunciate collapse

pension off collapse: let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"

wed collapse: having been taken in marriage

be collapse: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"; work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"; have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"; have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"; be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"; occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"; to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"; happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"

federate collapse: united under a central government; unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"; enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"

canteen collapse: a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers; restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat; a recreation room in an institution; a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen; sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.

club collapse: stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"; a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"; a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"; strike with a club or a bludgeon; gather and spend time together; "They always club together"; unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"

contend collapse: maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"; be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

maintain collapse: state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

do nothing collapse

scat collapse: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument; flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

production collapse: (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"; the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"; the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services; (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"; a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"; a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; "she tends to make a big production out of nothing"

operetta collapse: a short amusing opera

light opera collapse

drive in collapse: cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run"; arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country"

go with collapse

brook collapse: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

hold together collapse

as usual collapse: in the usual manner; "as usual, she arrived late"

defend collapse: argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"; be on the defensive; act against an attack; protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"; be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"

hook up collapse: connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"

pop collapse: a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork; a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"; like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop"; burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"; cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon"; fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping"; take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves"; hit or strike; "He popped me on the head"; hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop"; release suddenly; "pop the clutch"; put or thrust suddenly and forcefully; "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth"; make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped"; cause to make a sharp explosive sound; "He popped the champagne bottle"

yodel collapse: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto; sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

endure collapse

flock to collapse

last straw collapse: the final irritation that stretches you patience beyond the limit

go in with collapse

stumped collapse

mystified collapse

nonplussed collapse

assent collapse: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"; to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

diapason collapse: either of the two main stops on a pipe organ

drift away collapse

silvery collapse

take up with collapse

part collapse: something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"; a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle"; in so far as the actor specified is concerned; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"; one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"; the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"; a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"; something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"

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