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graduate collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts; confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"; receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"

inroad collapse: an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market"; an invasion or hostile attack

go on collapse: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

ripen collapse: grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"; cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"

commutation collapse: the travel of a commuter; (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law; a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one

get off collapse: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"; cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"; deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"; leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.; enjoy in a sexual way; "He gets off on shoes"; be relieved of one's duties temporarily

betterment collapse: an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility

amelioration collapse: the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

blossom collapse: develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"

amendment collapse: the act of amending or correcting; a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

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"

brewing collapse: the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

assumed collapse: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"; adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"; taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"

sashay collapse: a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

soar collapse: the act of rising upward into the air; go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"; fly upwards or high in the sky; rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

recovery collapse: the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost); return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid"

ascend collapse: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"; slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"; go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"; become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"; go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

unfolding collapse: a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture"

rotate collapse: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"; perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"; cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"; exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

voyage collapse: a journey to some distant place; travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

take off collapse: remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"; take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"; prove fatal; "The disease took off"; mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"; depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"; take time off from work; stop working temporarily

expedition collapse: a journey organized for a particular purpose; a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country; an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

sustenance collapse: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

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