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operating collapse: involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

event collapse: something that happens at a given place and time; a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory; a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

peep collapse: appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"; speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice; make high-pitched sounds; of birds; cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window"; look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window"

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"

show collapse: the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill"; a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"; give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening"; finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show"; make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"; be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"; show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"

spritz collapse: a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water); cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it; "Spritz the lawn with water"; eject (a liquid) quickly; "spritz water on a surface"

botch collapse: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

bull collapse: a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"; mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle; uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle; a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla); a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"; an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later; uncomplimentary terms for a policeman; advance in price; "stocks were bulling"; try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying; push or force; "He bulled through his demands"

illicit collapse: contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention; "an illicit association with his secretary"

trivialize collapse: make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"

anagram collapse: a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase; read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning

snafu collapse: an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up; cause to be in a state of complete confusion

pastime collapse: a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

lightening collapse: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

syndicate collapse: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities; a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication; sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations; organize into or form a syndicate; join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated"

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

restraint of trade collapse: any act that tends to prevent free competition in business

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

flutter collapse: abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block; flag the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead"

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