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

dodder collapse: a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria

towel collapse: a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping; wipe with a towel; "towel your hair dry"

dehumidify collapse: make less humid; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer"

emaciate collapse: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

kiln collapse: a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks

dehydrate collapse: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"; preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"

mummify collapse: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"; remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"; preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"

swab collapse: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors; implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion; wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"

macerate collapse: soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"; become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"; separate into constituents by soaking

mummy collapse: a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

shrink collapse: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"; become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"; reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

welter collapse: be immersed in; "welter in work"; toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

pine collapse: a coniferous tree; straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

wipe collapse: rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

wilt collapse: causing to become limp or drooping; any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots; become limp; "The flowers wilted"; lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

bake collapse: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"; prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"

get on collapse: appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on tonight"; grow late or (of time) elapse; "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!"

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

sun collapse: a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; any star around which a planetary system evolves; a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc; expose one's body to the sun; expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"

wrinkle collapse: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different); a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"; make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"

evaporate collapse: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"; change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"; cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water"

age collapse: how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"; a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"; begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"; make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"

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