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pestle collapse: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar; a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone; grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"

rarefy collapse: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance); make more subtle or refined; lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied"

curb collapse: an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter); a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse; keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

chlorinate collapse: disinfect with chlorine; "chlorinate a pool"; treat or combine with chlorine; "chlorinated water"

naturalize collapse: make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"; make more natural or lifelike; adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"; explain with reference to nature

break down collapse: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"; cause to fall or collapse; lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

take down collapse: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

bear down collapse: exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"; pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"; exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"; contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

hedge collapse: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes; an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"; any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change; minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"; enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"; hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"

mortify collapse: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"; practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

kick back collapse: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"; pay a kickback; make an illegal payment

set down collapse: cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"; put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

take away collapse: take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"; take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"; remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"; take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"

rebate collapse: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

dilute collapse: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

adulterate collapse: mixed with impurities; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

atomize collapse: break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"; spray very finely; "atomize perfume"

minimize collapse: make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"; cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"

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