S: (n) elasticity, snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed) "the waistband had lost its snap"
S: (n) resilience, resiliency (the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit)
S: (v) yield, give, afford (be the cause or source of) "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
S: (v) give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody) "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
S: (v) give (convey or reveal information) "Give one's name"
S: (v) give, pay (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow) "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
S: (v) hold, throw, have, make, give (organize or be responsible for) "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
S: (v) give, throw (convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture) "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
S: (v) give, gift, present (give as a present; make a gift of) "What will you give her for her birthday?"
S: (v) give, yield (cause to happen or be responsible for) "His two singles gave the team the victory"
S: (v) render, yield, return, give, generate (give or supply) "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
S: (v) impart, leave, give, pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills)) "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (place into the hands or custody of) "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
S: (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
S: (v) give (give (as medicine)) "I gave him the drug"
S: (v) give, apply (give or convey physically) "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
S: (v) grant, give (bestow, especially officially) "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
S: (v) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield (move in order to make room for someone for something) "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
S: (v) dress, get dressed (put on clothes) "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
S: (v) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)) "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
S: (v) change by reversal, turn, reverse (change to the contrary) "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
S: (v) form (assume a form or shape) "the water formed little beads"
S: (v) change state, turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action) "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
S: (v) rise, jump, climb up (rise in rank or status) "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
S: (v) assimilate (become similar in sound) "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar or less similar) "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities) "These consonants dissimilate"
S: (v) modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme) "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
S: (v) deaden (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
S: (v) break (be broken in) "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
S: (v) deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)
S: (v) crack (break into simpler molecules by means of heat) "The petroleum cracked"
S: (v) warm up (become more friendly or open) "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
S: (v) warm, warm up (get warm or warmer) "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
S: (v) transform, transmute, metamorphose (change in outward structure or looks) "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
S: (v) convert (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief) "She converted to Buddhism"
S: (v) dull (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness) "the varnished table top dulled with time"
S: (v) get used to (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience) "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits"
S: (v) complexify, ramify (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
S: (v) modernize, modernise, develop (become technologically advanced) "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
S: (v) stiffen (become stiff or stiffer) "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
S: (v) tighten (become tight or tighter) "The rope tightened"
S: (v) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down (stop operating or functioning) "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
S: (v) give way, yield (end resistance, as under pressure or force) "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
S: (v) industrialize, industrialise (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
S: (v) receive, get, find, obtain, incur (receive a specified treatment (abstract)) "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
S: (v) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect) "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
S: (v) prim (assume a prim appearance) "They mince and prim"
S: (v) capacitate (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg)
S: (v) saponify (become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali) "the oil saponified"
S: (v) move, go, run (progress by being changed) "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
S: (v) come (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position) "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
S: (v) catch (be struck or affected by) "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
S: (v) catch on (become popular) "This fashion caught on in Paris"
S: (v) develop, grow (grow emotionally or mature) "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
S: (v) fly (change quickly from one emotional state to another) "fly into a rage"
S: (v) develop, acquire, evolve (gain through experience) "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
S: (v) assibilate (change into a sibilant) "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
S: (v) turn on (become hostile towards) "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"
S: (v) drop (change from one level to another) "She dropped into army jargon"
S: (v) break into (change pace) "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"
S: (v) deepen, change (become deeper in tone) "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
S: (v) opacify (become opaque) "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"
S: (v) mature (become due for repayment) "These bonds mature in 2005"
S: (v) rejuvenate (develop youthful topographical features) "the land rejuvenated"
S: (v) sequester (undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion) "The cations were sequestered"
S: (v) transaminate (undergo transfer from one compound to another) "amino groups can transaminate"
S: (v) vesiculate (become vesicular or full of air cells) "The organs vesiculated"
S: (v) undulate (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves) "The singer's voice undulated"
S: (v) vascularize, vascularise (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids) "The egg yolk vascularized"
S: (v) crash (undergo a sudden and severe downturn) "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
S: (v) professionalize, professionalise (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
S: (v) shift (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change) "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
S: (v) flip, flip out (go mad, go crazy) "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
S: (v) settle (become clear by the sinking of particles) "the liquid gradually settled"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) undergo (pass through) "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
S: (v) occult (become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished) "The beam of light occults every so often"
S: (v) pass (transfer to another; of rights or property) "Our house passed under his official control"
S: (v) leave, depart, pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in) "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
S: (v) go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
S: (v) stagnate (cause to stagnate) "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
S: (v) make (undergo fabrication or creation) "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
S: (v) ice up, frost over, ice over (become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window) "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"
W: (n) collapse [Related to: collapse] (a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures))
W: (n) collapse [Related to: collapse] (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"
W: (n) cave in [Related to: cave in] (the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it)
S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"