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Meaning of 'evaporate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Evaporate [ a.]
- Dispersed in vapors.
2 . Evaporate [ v. t.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
- To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
- To give vent to; to dissipate.

Meaning of 'evaporate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . evaporate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
Example in sentence:
  • evaporate milk
Meaning (2):
- become less intense and fade away gradually
Example in sentence:
  • her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance;
  • her resistance melted under his charm
Meaning (3):
- cause to change into a vapor
Example in sentence:
  • The chemist evaporated the water
Meaning (4):
- change into a vapor
Example in sentence:
  • The water evaporated in front of our eyes

Nearby Words:

evacate evacuant evacuate evacuated evacuating evacuation evacuative evacuator evacuatory evade

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