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afterglow collapse: the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; "he basked in the afterglow of his victory"; a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset

tiptoe collapse: the tip of a toe; walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"; on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"; walk on one's toes

arise collapse: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"; rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"; originate or come into being; "a question arose"

successor collapse: a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone; a person who inherits some title or office; a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"

debris collapse: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

gravitate collapse: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"; be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"; move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

fraud collapse: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage; intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

enact collapse: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

disappoint collapse: fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

escort collapse: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them; an attendant who is employed to accompany someone; accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

realize collapse: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass; convert into cash; of goods and property

breathe collapse: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"; reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"; manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit"; utter or tell; "not breathe a word"; impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house"; be alive; "Every creature that breathes"; allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

undercut collapse: a cut made underneath to remove material; a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall; the material removed by a cut made underneath; cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall; strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot; cut away the underpart of; "undercut a vein of ore"; cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

expose collapse: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"; abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"; expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"; expose to light, of photographic film; to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

musical collapse: a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing; characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"; talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family"; characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"

dim collapse: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"; lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"; make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"; become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"; switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

banshee collapse: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

suggestion collapse: the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association; an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"; a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"; persuasion formulated as a suggestion

highlight collapse: an area of lightness in a picture; the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"; apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"

reach collapse: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out; be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"; move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"; reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"; reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"; reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"; to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

disclose collapse: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

offset collapse: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper; produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"; create an offset in; "offset a wall"; cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface; compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"

resemblance collapse: similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

ego collapse: (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind; an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

headline collapse: the heading or caption of a newspaper article; publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline; provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

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