collapsen.
/kəˈlaps/, U.S. /kəˈlæps/ 1. The action of collapsing, or of falling or suddenly shrinking together, breaking down, giving way, etc., through external pressure or loss of rigidity or support: originally a term of physiology and medicine.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > prolapse
procidentia1566
precipitationa1576
prolapsion1580
procidence1601
prolapsus1636
prolapse1676
exitus1797
collapse1833
retrodisplacement1870
ptosis1897
visceroptosis1897
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking down or collapsing
collapsing1789
collapse1833
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > as result of strain
racking1739
collapsing1789
collapse1833
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > collapsing
fallOE
ruinc1405
collapsiona1619
effusion1726
collapsing1789
collapse1833
1833 A. T. Christie Epidemic Cholera 39 The blood being withdrawn occasions a collapse or contraction of all the soft parts.
1840 R. Liston Elem. Surg. 507 Collapse of the lung and inflammation.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 542 The disappearance of the contents and collapse of the walls.
2. Medicine.
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a. The more or less sudden loss of vital properties and consequent prostration of an organ through exhaustion of nervous and muscular power.
b. The similar failure of the action of the whole system under exhaustion or disease; general prostration of the vital powers; spec. as a stage in Asiatic cholera.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > cholera > stage of
cholerine1832
collapsea1883
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 294 The frequent repetition of their contractions necessarily brings about a collapse.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 121 The body was on the very verge of collapse.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 649 Collapse from any cause is largely dependent upon, or, more correctly speaking, largely is, vaso-motor palsy.
a1883 C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (1886) I. 292 Symptoms..followed..by the development of a very remarkable condition known as ‘Cholera Collapse’.
c. A breakdown of mental energy; a sudden loss of courage, spirits, etc.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > sudden complete loss of resolution
collapse1801
caving in1865
1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 11 503 The shrinking of humility, the recoil of fear, or the collapse of disgrace.
1856 J. H. Newman Callista 197 He sank upon the ground in a collapse of misery.
3. Failure, ‘breakdown’ (of an institution, enterprise, established condition of things).
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or collapse (of institution, etc.)
fall?1544
miscarriage1652
breakdown1832
collapse1856
burst-up1879
break-away1885
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 8 A general collapse of the trade of the whole country.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. liii. 140 Filled with shame at the collapse of the enterprise.
4. Timber. Flattening or buckling of wood cells during drying, sometimes resulting in excessive and irregular shrinkage, and hence in a wrinkled appearance of the surface.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > defects
shan1867
check1877
honeycombing1906
collapse1948
1948 New Biol. 4 89 Another seasoning defect known as ‘collapse’ is apt to appear in large-pored hardwoods and in softwoods having thin walled tracheids if premature drying is permitted; the fragile elements actually cave in.
1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 17 Collapse, defect of kiln-dried timber in which the cell walls cave in.
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attributive, as collapse therapy n. the compression of the lung to rest it, or for treatment of diseases of the lung.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments of specific parts > [noun] > of the lungs or pleural cavity
collapse therapy1922
oleothorax1922
1922 Brit. Med. Jrnl. i. 954/2 (heading) Collapse therapy in pulmonary tuberculosis.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. X. 643/1 Collapse therapy consists of collapsing and immobilizing the diseased lung in a variety of ways.
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collapsev.
/kəˈlaps/, U.S. /kəˈlæps/ 1. intransitive. To fall together, as the sides of a hollow body, or the body itself, by external pressure or withdrawal of the contents, as when an inflated bladder is pierced; to fall into a confused mass or into a flattened form by loss of rigidity or support; to break down, give way, fall in, cave in; to shrink suddenly into a smaller volume, contract.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > due to strain or stress
crumple?c1450
collapse1732
set1798
flow1887
yield1900
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or be demolished
to-fallc893
to-reosea900
tipc1400
to go together1549
to come downa1552
demolish1610
coincide1673
collapse1732
stave1797
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse
founder1489
sink1530
shrink1590
subside1678
collapse1732
blow1783
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 276 The Sides of the Canals collapse.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 21 The air collapses the moment after the electric matter has passed.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 25 Mr. John Hunter..describes the ear of fishes..in some species crusted over with a thin plate of bone, so as not to allow it to collapse.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxiv. 360 The air suddenly collapsed to a fraction of its original dimensions.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 8/2 The extensive warehouse..collapsed..and fell outwards with a terrific crash into the street.
2.
a. transferred and figurative. To break down, come to nothing, fail; to lose force suddenly.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing
forworthc1000
folda1250
quailc1450
fruster?a1513
to come to nothing1523
to give out?1523
to fall to the ground?1526
quealc1530
to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604
intercide1637
to fall to dirt1670
to go off1740
to fall through1770
to fall apart1833
collapse1838
to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872
to blow up1934
to blow out1939
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be destroyed, ruined, or come to an end
losec888
fallOE
forlesea1225
perishc1275
spilla1300
to go to wreche13..
to go to the gatec1330
to go to lostc1374
miscarryc1387
quenchc1390
to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put, or work to wrakea1400
mischieve?a1400
tinea1400
to go to the devilc1405
bursta1450
untwindc1460
to make shipwreck1526
to go to (the) pot1531
to go to wreck (and ruin)a1547
wrake1570
wracka1586
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
to lie in the dusta1591
mischief1598
to go (etc.) to rack (and ruin)1599
shipwreck1607
suffera1616
unravel1643
to fall off1684
tip (over) the perch1699
to do away with1769
to go to the dickens1833
collapse1838
to come (also go) a mucker1851
mucker1862
to go up1864
to go to squash1889
to go (to) stramash1910
to go for a burton1941
to meet one's Makera1978
1838 R. Southey Thalaba (ed. 4) v. xxxii, in Poet. Wks. IV. 193 The deaden'd roar Echoed beneath, collapsing as it sunk Within a dark abyss.
1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 484 The influence of Abbott collapsed in a great degree.
1887 Spectator 16 Apr. 531/2 The present agitation would collapse like a pricked bladder.
b. To break down in regard to vital energy, from exhaustion or disease.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > fall ill
sicklec1000
sicka1150
sickenc1175
evil1303
mislike?1440
fall1526
to take a conceit1543
to fall down?1571
to lay upa1616
to run of (or on) a garget1615
craze1658
invalid1829
wreck1876
collapse1879
to go sick1879
to sicken for1883
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > break down, collapse, or faint
fail?c1225
swoonc1290
languisha1325
talmc1325
sinkc1400
faintc1440
droopc1540
collapse1879
crock1893
to flake (out)1942
1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia 20 My horse was in imminent peril of collapsing altogether.
c. Suddenly to lose courage, spirit, etc.; to subside, ‘cave in’. (colloquial.)
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > completely lose resolution
cave1844
collapse1865
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 139 The impressible little soul collapsed again.
3. transitive. To cause to collapse, break down, fall in, or contract.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > cause to fail
bringc1175
abort?1548
foil1548
ruin1593
to throw out1821
to put a person's pot on1864
mucker1869
collapse1883
to fix (someone's) wagon1951
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin
spillc950
fellOE
to cast downc1230
destroy1297
to turn up?c1335
to throw down1340
to ding downc1380
to break downa1382
subverta1382
underturn1382
to take downc1384
falla1400
to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400
voida1400
brittenc1400
to burst downc1440
to pull downc1450
pluck1481
tumble1487
wreck1510
defacea1513
confound1523
raze1523
arase1530
to beat downc1540
ruinate1548
demolish1560
plane1562
to shovel down1563
race?1567
ruin1585
rape1597
unwall1598
to bluster down16..
raise1603
level1614
debolish1615
unbuilda1616
to make smooth work of1616
slight1640
to knock down1776
squabash1822
collapse1883
to turn over1897
mash1924
rubble1945
to take apart1978
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to collapse
collapse1883
accordion1897
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink
inknitc1374
drawc1390
shrinka1398
strain1398
to shorten up1530
contrahe1540
to gather up1553
to draw in1572
contract1604
constringe1652
purse1668
constrain1697
undistend1868
collapse1908
1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxv. 277 We burnt a boiler; broke a shaft; collapsed a flue.
1891 W. C. Sydney Eng. 18th Cent. II. 162 Which culminated in the battle of Culloden Moor, and collapsed the Jacobite cause.
1902 S. G. Fisher True Hist. Amer. Revol. 200 Such complete destruction and devastation of the country as would collapse the patriot party.
1904 Daily Chron. 8 June 5/3 Kent.., given a pinch of luck, might have collapsed Yorkshire!
1908 Practitioner Jan. 54 The urethra is alternately ballooned and collapsed.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 4/2 The wind bringing its whole force to bear on the broadside and collapsing the structure.
1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xviii. 229 Far back..a Mexican collapsed his telescope.
1958 Engineering 31 Jan. 133/2 The ends are kept open by springs..which can be depressed..when it is desired to collapse the container.
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