Definitions for vanish
ˈvæn ɪʃvan·ish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. disappear, vanish, go awayverb

   get lost, as without warning or explanation

   "He disappeared without a trace"

2. vanish, disappear, go awayverb

   become invisible or unnoticeable

   "The effect vanished when day broke"

3. fly, fell, vanishverb

   pass away rapidly

   "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

4. vanish, disappearverb

   cease to exist

   "An entire civilization vanished"

5. vanish, fly, vaporizeverb

   decrease rapidly and disappear

   "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vanishverb

   To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

2. vanishverb

   To become equal to zero.

   The function f(x)=x^2 vanishes at x=0.

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1. vanish

   To vanish means to disappear suddenly and completely, often without explanation or visibly going away. It can also refer to gradually ceasing to exist or dying out over time. In mathematics, it refers to becoming zero or negligible.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vanishverb

   to pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land

2. Vanishverb

   to be annihilated or lost; to pass away

3. Vanishnoun

   the brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot

4. Etymology: [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanur, F. s'vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]

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1. Vanish

   Vanish may refer to either of two unrelated brands, one by S.C. Johnson and one by Reckitt Benckiser.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vanish

   van′ish, v.i. to pass away from a place, leaving it vacant or empty: to disappear: to be annihilated or lost: (math.) to become zero: (Shak.) to exhale.—n. Van′isher.—adv. Van′ishingly.—n. Van′ishment.—Vanishing point, the point of disappearance of anything. [Through Fr. from L. vanescĕre, to pass away—vanus, empty.]

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1. VANISH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vanish is ranked #78040 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Vanish surname appeared 245 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vanish.
   
   61.6% or 151 total occurrences were White.
   31.4% or 77 total occurrences were Black.
   3.6% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'vanish' in Verbs Frequency: #832

How to pronounce vanish?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say vanish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vanish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vanish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of vanish in a Sentence

1. Henry David Thoreau:

   We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

2. John Quincy Adams:

   Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

3. Gaudence Milanzi:

   I am sure these projections that elephants could vanish at the Selous by 2022 are based on past events, not the current situation on the ground, we haven't completely curbed poaching -- we need to step up our efforts. But elephant populations are actually rising and stabilizing in some parts of the country, although poaching has not been completely eradicated.

4. Dag Hammarskjld:

   If you seek yourself,...you rob the lens of its transparency.... You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency, your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end, and remain purely as a means.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed there is no winter and no night all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish,-all duties even.

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