different between collapse vs brust

English

Etymology

From Latin coll?psus (past participle of coll?bor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??læps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)

1. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
   • 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury

     A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.

2. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

3. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
4. (transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
5. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
6. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.

7. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

Derived terms

• collapsible

Translations

Noun

collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)

1. The act of collapsing.
2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Capellos, escallop

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: collapsent, collapses

Verb

collapse

1. first-person singular present indicative of collapser
2. third-person singular present indicative of collapser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
5. second-person singular imperative of collapser

Latin

Participle

coll?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of coll?psus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brust

1. past participle of brusa

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brust. Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (brusts).

Noun

brust f

1. breast, chest

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: brust
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Bruschd

  • Central Franconian:

    Kölsch: Bruss

  • German: Brust
  • Luxembourgish: Broscht
  • Vilamovian: brust
  • Yiddish: ?????? (brust)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German brust

Pronunciation

Noun

br?st f (plural brysta) (diminutive bryst?a)

1. (anatomy) breast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a sexually mature human female
2. (anatomy) chest, thorax; the portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen
3. bosom