Meaning ofcollapsein English

Verb

1. to break apart and fall down suddenly; cave in
   The old building will collapse under heavy snow.
2. to cease functioning due to breakdown; fail completely
   The company's financial system started to collapse after the scandal.
3. to faint; pass out from exhaustion
   After running a marathon, she began to collapse from exhaustion.
4. to cause something to fall apart; fail
   The government's economic policies will collapse the entire industry if not changed.
5. to fold into a compact shape
   She collapse the umbrella to put it in her bag.
6. to hide subentries in a list
   The user can collapse a section in the list to hide its details.
7. to hide directory levels (computing)
   The programmer wrote code to collapse the menu when the user clicks outside of it.