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revive collapse: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"; be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"

decency collapse: the quality of being polite and respectable; the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

bleach collapse: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent); the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"; make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"; remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

take collapse: the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"; be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"; interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"; obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"; get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"; have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"; head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"; experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"; take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"; take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"; buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"; make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"; require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"; develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"; carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"

run into collapse: collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"; be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

acidify collapse: turn acidic; "the solution acetified"

obviate collapse: do away with

funk collapse: an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar; United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967); a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

orbiting collapse

retail collapse: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale; selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; "retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price"; at a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only"; sell on the retail market; be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"

fitness collapse: the condition of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"; the quality of being qualified; good physical condition; being in shape or in condition

hand over collapse: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

whet collapse: sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone; make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

resign collapse: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

bring round collapse: cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"

stimulation collapse: the act of arousing an organism to action; any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action; (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

wisdom collapse: the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight; the quality of being prudent and sensible; ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight; accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

think over collapse

looks collapse

arise collapse: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"; rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"; originate or come into being; "a question arose"

hinge collapse: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other; a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan"; attach with a hinge

twitch collapse: a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition; make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"; move or pull with a sudden motion

get to collapse: arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"

like clockwork collapse: with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

purpose collapse: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"; reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"

gnarl collapse: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

renounce collapse: cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

predilection collapse: a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

accomplish collapse

go to it collapse

tendency collapse: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"; a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

replace collapse: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"; put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

better collapse: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"; a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"; (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"; (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better"; more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"; comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"; from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better."; get better; "The weather improved toward evening"; to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"; surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

wrest collapse: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

ensue collapse

crossroads collapse: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

up and down collapse: moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"; alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down"

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