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exploit collapse: use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"; draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

retaliatory collapse: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"

industry collapse: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"; the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications"

signpost collapse: a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way; mark with a signpost, as of a path

keep up collapse: prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"; keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"; maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"

specialization collapse: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"; the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose; (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

masterpiece collapse: an outstanding achievement; the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

shadowing collapse: the act of following someone secretly; following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines"

interchangeable collapse: (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable"

tend collapse: manage or run; "tend a store"; have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"; have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

manipulate collapse: treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed; hold something in one's hands and move it; control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"; influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"

nonpareil collapse: a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar; colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

surveillance collapse: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

readout collapse: an electronic device the displays information is a visual form; the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device; the output of a computer in readable form

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

intermediate collapse: a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained; lying between two extremes in time or space or degree; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate level"

indiscernible collapse: difficult or impossible to perceive or discern; "an indiscernible increase in temperature"; barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"

evangelical collapse: marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause; of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament; relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"

pedicel collapse: a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

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"

metier collapse: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

middling collapse: any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

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