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1. (v.i.) evaporate
to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
2. evaporate
to give off moisture.
3. evaporate
to disappear; vanish; fade:
His hopes evaporated.
4. (v.t.) evaporate
to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor:
The sun evaporated the dew.
5. evaporate
to extract moisture or liquid from, as by heat, so as to make dry or to reduce to a denser state:
to evaporate fruit.
6. evaporate
to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L ēvapōrātus, ptp. of ēvapōrāre to disperse in vapor; see e-,vapor,-ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
"evaporate milk"
2. (verb) evaporate, vaporise
cause to change into a vapor
"The chemist evaporated the water"
3. (verb) evaporate, vaporise
change into a vapor
"The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
4. (verb) melt, disappear, evaporate
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) evaporate
dispersed in vapors
2. (verb) evaporate
to pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible
3. (verb) evaporate
to escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation
4. (verb) evaporate
to convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes
5. (verb) evaporate
to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples
6. (verb) evaporate
to give vent to; to dissipate
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Sense: to (cause to) change into vapour and disappear
The small pool of water evaporated in the sunshine; His enthusiasm soon evaporated.
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 Afrikaans: verdamp |
 Arabic: يَتَبَخَّر، يُبَخِّر |
 Bulgarian: изпарявам |
 Brazilian: evaporar |
 Czech: vypařit se |
 German: verdampfen |
 Danish: fordampe |
 Greek: εξατμίζομαι |
 Spanish: evaporar(se) |
 Estonian: ära aurama, haihtuma (pan |
 Farsi: تبخیر شدن |
 Finnish: haihtua |
 French: (s')évaporer |
 Hebrew: לְהִתאָדוֹת |
 Hindi: भाप हो जाना |
 Croatian: ispariti |
 Hungarian: (el)párolog |
 Indonesian: menguapkan |
 Icelandic: gufa upp, hverfa |
 Italian: evaporare |
 Japanese: 蒸発する |
 Korean: 기화하다 |
 Lithuanian: išgaruoti, išgarinti |
 Latvian: iztvaikot; izgarot; izgai |
 Malay: sejat |
 Dutch: verdampen |
 Norwegian: fordampe, fordufte, forsv |
 Polish: wyparować |
 Persian: تبخیر شدن |
 Pashto: بړاس كېدل، بخار كېدل، الو |
 Portuguese: evaporar(-se) |
 Romanian: a (se) evapora; a dispăre |
 Russian: испаряться |
 Slovak: vypariť sa |
 Slovenian: izhlapeti |
 Serbian: ispariti |
 Swedish: [av]dunsta, försvinna |
 Thai: ทำให้ระเหย |
 Turkish: buharlaş(tır)mak |
 Taiwanese: 蒸發 |
 Ukrainian: випаровувати(ся); щезати |
 Urdu: بھاپ بن کر اڑنا یا بنا کر |
 Vietnamese: làm bay hơi |
 Chinese: 蒸发 |
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