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personalize collapse: make personal or more personal; "personalized service"

rekindle collapse: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"; kindle anew, as of a fire

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

anatomize collapse: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"; dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"

inflexibility collapse: the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe; a lack of physical flexibility

endeavor collapse: attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

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"

stripe collapse: a marking of a different color or texture from the background; a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"; a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service; mark with stripes

keynote collapse: a fundamental or central idea; the principal theme in a speech or literary work; set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"; give the keynote address to (an audience)

dullness collapse: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"; lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."; a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"; the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"; the quality of being slow to understand

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

bring up collapse: cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"; promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"

bent collapse: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"; a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"; an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges; grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens; of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"; used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"; fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"; altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

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"

tone down collapse: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

saturate collapse: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

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

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"

engraved collapse: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"

light up collapse: begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"; start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"; ignite; "The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"

arouse collapse: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"; stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"; to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

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