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get over collapse: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

get through collapse: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"; succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

saturate collapse: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

implant collapse: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue; become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications"; fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

screech collapse: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

frost collapse: United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); the formation of frost or ice on a surface; ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside); damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"; cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"; provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"; decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"

lance collapse: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"; pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight; move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"

infuse collapse: introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"; undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing"

dredge collapse: a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed; remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water; search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost; cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

tunnel collapse: a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"; force a way through

dye collapse: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair; color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

melt collapse: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"; reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

honeycomb collapse: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees; a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae; make full of cavities, like a honeycomb; penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"; carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"

infiltrate collapse: pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict; pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"; cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices; enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

gore collapse: a triangular piece of cloth; coagulated blood from a wound; Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948); wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument; cut into gores; "gore a skirt"

percolate collapse: the product of percolation; pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"; cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent; prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"; spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"

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