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consumerism collapse: a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers; the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial

shopping collapse: searching for or buying goods or services; "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town"

categorize collapse: place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"

few collapse: a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"; an indefinite but relatively small number; "they bought a case of beer and drank a few"; a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"

fly-by-night collapse: a debtor who flees to avoid paying; ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"; of businesses and businessmen of questionable honesty; "a fly-by-night operation"

unblessed collapse: not provided with something desirable; "a hovel unblessed with electricity or running water"

backstroke collapse: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back; swim on one's back

doctor collapse: children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"; a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"; a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"; give medical treatment to

regulation collapse: the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"; the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular; an authoritative rule; (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered; the state of being controlled or governed; prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"

chaperon collapse: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

shrug off collapse: minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"

mineral kingdom collapse: all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

sup collapse: take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

calmness collapse: a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement; an absence of strong winds or rain

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

invent collapse: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

department store collapse: a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain

snub collapse: a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"; unusually short; "a snub nose"

compress collapse: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever); squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"; make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

parch collapse: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"

compile collapse: use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

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