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confess collapse: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith; confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

imagine collapse: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

snow collapse: English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980); precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals; a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground; fall as snow; "It was snowing all night"

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

portray collapse: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

gestalt collapse: a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts

dribble collapse: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks; propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"; let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"

lisp collapse: a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists; a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'; speak with a lisp

dagger collapse: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing; a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

particularization collapse: an individualized description of a particular instance

damper collapse: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"; a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations; a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

apprehension collapse: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"; painful expectation; fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

delta collapse: the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet; a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

interpret collapse: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"; give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

shoal collapse: a stretch of shallow water; a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

panorama collapse: a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

fountain collapse: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water; an artificially produced flow of water; a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

exemplify collapse: clarify by giving an example of; be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"

sneeze collapse: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose; exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

forgery collapse: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

shadow collapse: refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"; a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"; an inseparable companion; "the poor child was his mother's shadow"; a dominating and pervasive presence; "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"; shade within clear boundaries; follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her"; make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"; cast a shadow over

prefigure collapse: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

gnarl collapse: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

lance collapse: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"; pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight; move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"

diptych collapse: a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)

spew collapse: eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"

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