evaporate
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evaporate
- /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/ Canada, UK, US
- /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹæɪt/ Australia
- /i-/ uncommon
Where it comes from
First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
verb evaporates · evaporating · evaporated
- To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
- To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. to evaporate apples
- To give vent to; to dissipate. [M]y lord of Eſſex choſe to evaporate his thoughts in a Sonnet (being his common vvay) to be ſung before the Queen, […]
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To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect.
Near-synonym: go up in smoke
Similar: go up in smoke
- To cause to disappear or to escape or pass off without effect. Gay people have belabored on this issue far too long and far too hard to allow the efforts of years to be evaporated through this obscene ruling. Our fights will continue, if not in the courts, then in the legislatures.
adjective more evaporate · most evaporate
- evaporated
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vaporize, disappear, vanish, fly, dissipate, dry, volatilize, fade, exhale, steam off, fume, dry up, dehydrate, boil off, sublime, disperse
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verb (transitive or intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
| Español | evaporar, evaporarse |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 蒸発する jōhatsu suru, 揮発する kihatsu suru, 気化する kika suru |
| 中文 | 蒸發 /蒸发 zhēngfā, 揮發 /挥发 huīfā |
| Português | evaporar |
| Français | évaporer, s'évaporer |
| Deutsch | verdampfen, verdunsten, evaporieren |
| Italiano | evaporare |
| Ελληνικά | εξατμίζω exatmízo |
| Română | evapora, se vaporiza |
| Русский | испаря́ть isparjátʹ, испари́ть isparítʹ, испаря́ться isparjátʹsja, испари́ться isparítʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | bốc hơi, bay hơi |
| العربية | تَبَخَّرَ tabaḵḵara |
verb to disappear
| Deutsch | verschwinden, verduften |
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