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mobilize collapse: cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"; make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"; get ready for war

submerge collapse: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"; put under water; "submerge your head completely"; sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

reside collapse: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"

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"

locate collapse: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"; assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

talk down collapse: direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill"; belittle through talk; speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child; "He talks down to her"

basic training collapse: the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline

spadework collapse: dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

roost collapse: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep; a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds; settle down or stay, as if on a roost

lounge collapse: a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait; sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"

process collapse: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"; a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"; (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"; a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"; subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"; perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"; deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"

attend to collapse: get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"

conclude collapse: bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation; reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"; come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"

treat collapse: an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight; provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"; regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"; engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"; provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"; interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"

straighten collapse: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"; make straight; get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"; straighten up or out; make straight

migrate collapse: move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"; move periodically or seasonally; "birds migrate in the Winter"; "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"

punish collapse: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

contents collapse: a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

subtitle collapse: secondary or explanatory title; translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen; supply (a movie) with subtitles

hand over collapse: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

reconcile collapse: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

pancake collapse: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

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