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foreshorten collapse: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

boil down collapse: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

convention collapse: the act of convening; something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"; (diplomacy) an international agreement; a large formal assembly; "political convention"

engage collapse: get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"; keep engaged; "engaged the gears"; hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"; carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"; ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

voiced collapse: produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'";

oral collapse: an examination conducted by word of mouth; a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression; of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish"; using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"; of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth; "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine"

parole collapse: (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with; a promise; "he gave his word"; release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

padlock collapse: a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut; fasten with a padlock

agreement collapse: compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"; the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"; the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"; the verbal act of agreeing; the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations; harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"

flex collapse: the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"; cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"; bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"; contract; "flex a muscle"; exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"

espouse collapse: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

fall into collapse: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

lingual collapse: a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs; pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue; "lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the teeth"

stipulate collapse: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force; specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"; give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

cut back collapse: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

sicken collapse: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"; make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"; upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"

invite collapse: a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"; ask someone in a friendly way to do something; request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"; ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"; increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"; invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"; have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"

latch collapse: catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove; spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key; fasten with a latch; "latch the door"

break out collapse: begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"; take from stowage in preparation for use

treasury note collapse: securities with maturities of 1 to 10 years; sold for cash or in exchange for maturing issues or at auction

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