collide, clash
(verb) crash together with violent impact; “The cars collided”; “Two meteors clashed”
collide
(verb) cause to collide; “The physicists collided the particles”
clash, jar, collide
(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict; “These colors clash”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
collide (third-person singular simple present collides, present participle colliding, simple past and past participle collided)
(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
• clash
• Cedillo, codille, collied
Source: Wiktionary
Col*lide", v. i. Etym: [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.]
Definition: To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided. Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. Tyndall. No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle.
Col*lide", v. t.
Definition: To strike or dash against. [Obs.] Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
