An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
An individual victory.
Pleasure; joy; delight.
To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
To defeat or surpass someone or something.
To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
To achieve victory.
To have power, coercion or control.
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
To obtain (something desired).
To cause a victory for someone.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
To dry by exposure to the wind.
To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.