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reducing collapse: loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"

avoirdupois collapse: a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)

poundage collapse: weight expressed in pounds; a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals; a charge based on weight measured in pounds

heft collapse: the property of being large in mass; test the weight of something by lifting it

tonnage collapse: a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship

carry weight collapse: have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight"

unburden collapse: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"; free or relieve (someone) of a burden

quality control collapse: maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods

ballast collapse: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship; an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps; an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings; coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads; make steady with a ballast

malingering collapse: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"

dyne collapse: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

gravity collapse: a solemn and dignified feeling; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein

ponderousness collapse: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"

unload collapse: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

spying collapse: the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes; keeping a secret or furtive watch

monitoring collapse: the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it); "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times"