“collapsed” is a form of
collapse
/kəˈlæps/ verb, noun
Forms collapses collapsing collapsed
- verb (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. “The wall collapsed when it was hit by the wrecking ball.”
- verb (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely. “Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.”
- verb (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- verb (transitive, figurative) To conflate, to ignore the distinctions between.
- verb (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
- verb (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse. “Immediately after his wicket the team collapsed for 69.”
- verb (transitive) To cause something to collapse. “Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.”
- verb (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint. “The exhausted singer collapsed on stage and had to be taken to the hospital.”
- noun The act of collapsing. “She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.”
- noun Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
Synonyms
slump telescope prostration flop crash fall in cave in give give way break founder break down crumble crumple tumble burst crack up crack crock up break up
Antonyms
Etymology
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
Webster’s 1913
- 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.
- 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.
- noun A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
- noun A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.]
Etymology [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “collapse”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details