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withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

verification collapse: (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

observe collapse: observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"; watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"; celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"; conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

birthmark collapse: a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

hither collapse

hold fast collapse

freckle collapse: a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin; mark with freckles; become freckled; "I freckle easily"

run over collapse

detain collapse

reading collapse: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"; the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"; a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"; written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"; a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"; a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

iris collapse: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening; muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye; plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

vet collapse: provide veterinary care for; provide (a person) with medical care; examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"; work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"

go over collapse

tonight collapse: the present or immediately coming night; during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"

scandal collapse: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people; a disgraceful event

chalk collapse: a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces; a pure flat white with little reflectance; a soft whitish calcite; write, draw, or trace with chalk

rein collapse: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse; any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"; stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"; stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

quicksand collapse: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

size collapse: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"; the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"; a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"; the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it"; any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric"; (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house"; make to a size; bring to a suitable size; sort according to size; cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

scotch collapse: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still; make a small cut or score into

keep from collapse

momentarily collapse: at any moment; "she will be with you momently"; for an instant or moment; "we paused momentarily before proceeding"; "a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch"

peer collapse: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group; a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage; look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"

confirm collapse: make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"; strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"; administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"; support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

pencil collapse: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood; a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil"; a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point; graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"; write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"

comport collapse

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

tittle collapse

turn up collapse

nick collapse: (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick"; mate successfully; of livestock; divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"; cut a nick into; cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"

threatened collapse: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

kick off collapse

sprinkle collapse: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"; scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"; cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"; rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

blasting collapse: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war"

instantaneously collapse: without any delay; "he was killed outright"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

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