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vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

dollop collapse: a small measure (usually of food)

dash off collapse: write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"

germinal collapse: seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds; containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

freezing point collapse: the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid

absolute zero collapse: (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit

aboriginal collapse: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"; of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"

burst forth collapse

bolus collapse: a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine; a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)

emanate collapse: proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground"

slurp collapse: eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"

initiatory collapse

rustle collapse: the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind; make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"; take illegally; "rustle cattle"

embezzle collapse: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"

tipple collapse: drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac"

nibble collapse: gentle biting; eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"; bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"; bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"

colt collapse: a young male horse under the age of four; a kind of revolver

squeezing collapse

clench collapse: squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"; hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"

scrounge collapse: collect or look around for (food)

tightening collapse: the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"

germ collapse: a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

extirpate collapse: surgically remove (an organ)

toehold collapse: a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints; a small foothold used in climbing; a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made; "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"; "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"

lap up collapse

quaff collapse: a hearty draft

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

freeze to collapse

crick collapse: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004); a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British); twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"

budding collapse: reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent; beginning to develop; "a budding genius"

pullulate collapse: breed freely and abundantly; become abundant; increase rapidly

mouthful collapse: the quantity that can be held in the mouth

deep freeze collapse: temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"; store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation; "deep-freeze the food"

emerge collapse: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"; become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"; come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge"

tot collapse: a small amount (especially of a drink); "a tot of rum"

potion collapse: a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

steal collapse: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch); steal a base; move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"; take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

blossom collapse: develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"

overgrow collapse: grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio"; become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy"

palm collapse: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers; any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves; a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

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