collapse

1. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.Examples: "A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.Examples: "Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse."; "However much we like to think of ourselves as something special in world history, in fact industrial societies are subject to the same principles that caused earlier societies to collapse."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To fold compactly.intransitive

4. (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).Antonyms: expandtransitive

5. (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.Examples: "Immediately after his wicket the team collapsed for 69."intransitive

6. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.Examples: "Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving."; "Thomas added: "We presented our experiences of frantically trying to collapse a pram, surrounded by loads of grumpy commuters."transitive