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racking collapse: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"

rein collapse: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse; any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"; stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"; stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

size collapse: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"; the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"; a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"; the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it"; any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric"; (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"; make to a size; bring to a suitable size; sort according to size; cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

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"

peer collapse: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group; a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage; look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"

confirm collapse: make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"; strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"; administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"; support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

physical collapse: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"; concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"; characterized by energetic bodily activity; "a very physical dance performance"; according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter); "a reflex response to physical stimuli"; involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"; relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics; "physical sciences"; "physical laws"

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

chalk up collapse: accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

cohere collapse: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"; cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"

drop off collapse: fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

scathing collapse: marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

intervene collapse: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"; be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

microscopic collapse: too small to be seen except under a microscope; extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care"; of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"

sleety collapse: consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain

forgery collapse: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

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