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shrink collapse: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"; become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"; reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

work on collapse

expediency collapse

waist collapse: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

foist collapse: insert surreptitiously or without warrant; to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"

tom tom collapse

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

weatherboard collapse

stick up collapse

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

stave collapse: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket; burst or force (a hole) into something; furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"

lay aside collapse

tarry collapse: leave slowly and hesitantly

drumstick collapse: a stick used for playing a drum; the lower joint of the leg of a fowl

jury rig collapse

deceive collapse: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"; be false to; be dishonest with

talkee talkee collapse

put aside collapse

stickle collapse: dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

displacement collapse: act of removing from office or employment; to move something from its natural environment; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

switch over collapse: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

step aside collapse

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

sheeting collapse: fabric from which bed sheets are made

coagulate collapse: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"

plywood collapse: a laminate made of thin layers of wood

parry collapse: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword; impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

bracer collapse: a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor); a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports

diversify collapse: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"; make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

sheathing collapse: protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior

survive collapse: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"; continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

hug collapse: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"; fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"

dislocate collapse: put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"; move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

clasp collapse: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"; a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together; hold firmly and tightly; grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"

cohere collapse: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"; cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"

cane collapse: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment; a stick that people can lean on to help them walk; a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane; beat with a cane

fulcrum collapse: the pivot about which a lever turns

sidestep collapse: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

put upon collapse

bayonet collapse: a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon; stab or kill someone with a bayonet

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