What is the meaning of Collapse?

To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.

To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

To fold compactly.

In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).

To suffer a batting collapse.

To cause something to collapse.

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

The act of collapsing.

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

Short for batting collapse.

inflection of collapser:

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
  2. second-person singular imperative

first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

second-person singular imperative

vocative masculine singular of collāpsus

Source: wiktionary.org