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undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

sunder collapse: break apart or in two, using violence

muscle collapse: authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"; animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells; one of the contractile organs of the body; make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"

flock collapse: a group of birds; a group of sheep or goats; a church congregation guided by a pastor; move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"

act on collapse: regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

retract collapse: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

step aside collapse

wrest collapse: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

fringe collapse: edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels; a social group holding marginal or extreme views; "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times"; decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress"; adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"

get out collapse: express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

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"

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

dig up collapse

sheer off collapse

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

alienate collapse: make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"

root out collapse

straiten collapse: squeeze together

come to collapse: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"; attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"

take exception collapse

cast out collapse

cool off collapse: feel less enamoured of something or somebody

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

survive collapse: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"; continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

back down collapse

stand aloof collapse

disentangle collapse: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"

publish collapse: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"; have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

come around collapse: happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"

fetch up collapse

refract collapse: determine the refracting power of (a lens); subject to refraction; "refract a light beam"

go away collapse

ward off collapse: avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"

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