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insight collapse: grasping the inner nature of things intuitively; the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation; a feeling of understanding

wrestle collapse: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"; engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"; combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"; engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"

inflate collapse: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"; exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

balance collapse: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity; equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; equality of distribution; a state of equilibrium; compute credits and debits of an account; bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"; be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"

give off collapse: have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities"

glance collapse: a quick look; throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

import collapse: commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country; an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"; bring in from abroad

climate collapse: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"; the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

scope collapse: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

mentality collapse: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

stress collapse: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"; (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"; difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"; put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"; to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

try collapse: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"; test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"; give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students"; make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

hear collapse: receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"; perceive (sound) via the auditory sense; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

perceive collapse: become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"; to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

caste collapse: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth; (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity; social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

zeal collapse: excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"

inflation collapse: the act of filling something with air; (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang; a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

manner collapse: a way of acting or behaving; how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"; a kind; "what manner of man are you?"

claw collapse: a bird's foot; sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles; a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods; attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"; clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"; scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails; move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

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