Dictionary Entry
collapse
collapse is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.
- 2intransitive verb
To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.
- 3noun
A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
- 4noun
A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
- 5noun
Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.
- 6noun
the act of throwing yourself down
"he landed on the bed with a great flop"
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- 7noun
a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
"the roof is in danger of collapse"
"the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"
- 8noun
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
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- 9noun
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
"the commander's prostration demoralized his men"
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- 10verb
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- 11verb
lose significance, effectiveness, or value
"The school system is collapsing"
"The stock market collapsed"
- 12verb
suffer a nervous breakdown
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- 13verb
break down, literally or metaphorically
"The wall collapsed"
"The business collapsed"
- 14verb
cause to burst
"The ice broke the pipe"
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- 15verb
fall apart
"the building crumbled after the explosion"
"Negotiations broke down"
- 16verb
fold or close up
"fold up your umbrella"
"collapse the music stand"
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