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found collapse: food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"; come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

whereabouts collapse: the general location where something is; "I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime"

specimen collapse: a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"; an example regarded as typical of its class

refurbish collapse: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

demonstrate collapse: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"

disjoint collapse: having no elements in common; separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

thicken collapse: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"; make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"; make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"

engrave collapse: carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name"; carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"; impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"

name collapse: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"; a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"; a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"; a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"; a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"; mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"; give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"; assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"; charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

perspective collapse: the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

sharpener collapse: any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper; "a knife sharpener"

excite collapse: produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"; raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"; arouse or elicit a feeling

bring round collapse: cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"

season collapse: one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"; a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"; a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"; make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"; lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

vanishing collapse: suddenly disappearing from sight; a sudden or mysterious disappearance; quickly going away and passing out of sight; "all I saw was his vanishing back"

short shrift collapse: brief and unsympathetic treatment; a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request"

boundary collapse: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; a line determining the limits of an area

float collapse: something that remains on the surface of a liquid; a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco; an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade; the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public; the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment; convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"; allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"; make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"; put into the water; "float a ship"; move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"; set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"; be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"; be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink; circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

direct collapse: lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"; direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"; (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"; extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"; similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"; moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth; having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote"; in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"; being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"; command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"; give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"; guide the actors in (plays and films); be in charge of

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