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look like collapse: bear a physical resemblance to; "She looks like her mother"

envision collapse: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

sickness collapse: defectiveness or unsoundness; "drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure"; "a great sickness of his judgment"

seem collapse: appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"; appear to exist; "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"

pleasure principle collapse: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

mania collapse: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action; a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

take after collapse: imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"; be similar to a relative; "She takes after her father!"

tabula rasa collapse: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

obstruct collapse: block passage through; "obstruct the path"; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

fasten collapse: attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"; cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"; become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

learn collapse: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"; be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

reconcilable collapse: capable of being reconciled; "her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine"

psyche collapse: (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

resemble collapse: appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"

absorb collapse: cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"; engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"; take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"; assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"; take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"; become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"; take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"; suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"

doss collapse: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

choke collapse: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine; a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current; breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"; constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"; be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"; wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"; check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"; fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

rationality collapse: the quality of being consistent with or based on logic; the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"

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