verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.| 1. | to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor. |
| 2. | to give off moisture. |
| 3. | to disappear; vanish; fade: His hopes evaporated. |
| 4. | to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor: The warm sun evaporated the dew. |
| 5. | 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. | to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate: His involvement in the scandal evaporated any hope he had for a political career. |

e·vap·o·rate (ĭ-vāp'ə-rāt') v. e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates v. tr.
[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin ēvapōrāre, ēvapōrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.] e·vap'o·ra'tion n., e·vap'o·ra'tive adj., e·vap'o·ra'tive·ly adv., e·vap'o·ra·tiv'i·ty (-ərə-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n., e·vap'o·ra'tor n. |
evaporate e·vap·o·rate (ĭ-vāp'ə-rāt')
v. e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates
To convert or change into a vapor; volatilize.
To produce vapor.
To draw or pass off in the form of vapor.
To draw moisture away from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
To deposit a metal on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.