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sort collapse: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"; a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"; an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"

alphabetize collapse: arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list"; provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages"

demarcate collapse: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; separate clearly and as if by boundaries

subordinate collapse: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another; lower in rank or importance; subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"; make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"; rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

differentiate collapse: become distinct and acquire a different character; become different during development; "cells differentiate"; calculate a derivative; take the derivative

lady collapse: a woman of the peerage in Britain; a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me"

identify collapse: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"; recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"; identify as in botany or biology, for example; consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"; conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"

disinvolve collapse: free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"

dharma collapse: basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;

jewel collapse: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry; a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

codify collapse: organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

slightly collapse: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

category collapse: a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

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"

insulate collapse: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

distinguish collapse: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"; be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

analyze collapse: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"; consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"; break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"

unwind collapse: reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"; separate the tangles of

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

debug collapse: locate and correct errors in a computer program code; "debug this program"

fraternize collapse: be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

gem collapse: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection; a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

weigh collapse: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"; determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"; have a certain weight

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