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essence collapse: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

fat collapse: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"; a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"; having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"; marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"; lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"; having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

diminish collapse: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

sluice collapse: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"; draw through a sluice; "sluice water"; transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"; pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

lay collapse: not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"; put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"; lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"; prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"; impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

sprinkle collapse: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"; scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"; cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"; rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

overflow collapse: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity; flow or run over (a limit or brim)

sweet nothings collapse: inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear"

crude collapse: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"; belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"; not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"

palaver collapse: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"; have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds

belladonna collapse: an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally; perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

waterspout collapse: a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof); a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist

patent medicine collapse: medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription

abound collapse: be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities; be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

anoint collapse: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing; choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"

pomade collapse: hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment; apply pomade to (hair)

bail collapse: the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is out on bail"; (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"; remove (water) from a vessel with a container; empty (a vessel) by bailing; secure the release of (someone) by providing security; deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period; release after a security has been paid

spatter collapse: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"; dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"; spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

hemlock collapse: an evergreen tree; soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock; large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous; poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

verbalize collapse: convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"; be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"

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