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macerate collapse: soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"; become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"; separate into constituents by soaking

small collapse: a garment size for a small person; the slender part of the back; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain"; on a small scale; "think small"

dubious collapse: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

chowder collapse: a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes

bouillabaisse collapse: highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs

sleazy collapse: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

irrigate collapse: supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"

limpid collapse: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"

banal collapse: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

well-known collapse: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"

whistling collapse: the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

intangible collapse: assets that are saleable though not material or physical; lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen; "that intangible thing--the soul"; hard to pin down or identify; "an intangible feeling of impending disaster"; incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans; (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible assets such as good will"

thin collapse: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare; (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"; lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"; of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"; relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"; make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"; lose thickness; become thin or thinner

allergic collapse: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"; characterized by or caused by allergy; "an allergic reaction"

crystalline collapse: consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline"; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"; distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan

parsimonious collapse: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

dissolve collapse: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out; declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"; come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"; bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"; become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"; pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"; cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"; become weaker; "The sound faded out"; cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"; lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"; cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

shrivel collapse: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

stereotyped collapse: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

downy collapse: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"; like down or as soft as down

delicate collapse: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"; easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"; difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"; of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"; marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"; easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin"

threadbare collapse: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

germinal collapse: seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds; containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

baptize collapse: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"

dainty collapse: something considered choice to eat; delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"; excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"; affectedly dainty or refined; especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel"

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