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overfill collapse: fill beyond capacity; "overfill the baskets"

overburden collapse: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits; burden with too much work or responsibility; load with excessive weight

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

lave collapse: wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"

sot collapse

douse collapse: slacken; "douse a rope"; lower quickly; "douse a sail"; wet thoroughly; put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"

permeate collapse: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

impregnation collapse: the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"; material with which something is impregnated; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"

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"

swig collapse

dry up collapse

get across collapse: communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"

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

sopping collapse

swat collapse: a sharp blow; hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

wham collapse

immerse collapse: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

biff collapse

wizen collapse

soaker collapse

desiccate collapse

orgy collapse: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity; secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity; any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"

shrivel collapse: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

bleed white collapse

bash collapse: an uproarious party

impregnate collapse: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"; fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"; infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"; fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

submerge collapse: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"; put under water; "submerge your head completely"; sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

toss off collapse: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

thirst collapse: a physiological need to drink; feel the need to drink

wither collapse

inebriate collapse

thwack collapse: a hard blow with a flat object

congest collapse

satiate collapse: supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction; fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

gargle collapse: the sound produced while gargling; a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth; rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash; "gargle with this liquid"; utter with gargling or burbling sounds

clobber collapse: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

distill collapse: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"; undergo the process of distillation; extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"

sip collapse: a small drink; drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea"

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