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evaporate

[ih-vap-uh-reyt]

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verb (used without object)

to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.

to give off moisture.

to disappear; vanish; fade: His hopes evaporated.

verb (used with object)

to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor: The warm sun evaporated the dew.

to extract moisture or liquid from, as by heat, so as to make dry or to reduce to a denser state: to evaporate fruit.

to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate: His involvement in the scandal evaporated any hope he had for a political career.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English evaporaten < Latin ēvapōrātus (past participle of ēvapōrāre to disperse in vapor); see e-, vapor, -ate¹

Related forms

half-e·vap·o·rat·ed, adjective

half-e·vap·o·rat·ing, adjective

non·e·vap·o·rat·ing, adjective

pre·e·vap·o·rate, verb, -rat·ed, -rat·ing.

un·e·vap·o·rat·ed, adjective

Can be confused: evanesce, evaporate, liquefy, melt, thaw, transpire, vaporize (see synonym note at the current entry; see synonym note at melt¹; see usage note at transpire).

Synonyms
1. vaporize. 3. evanesce. 5. Evaporate, dehydrate, dry mean to abstract moisture from. To evaporate is to remove moisture by means of heat, forced ventilation, or the like, and thus to produce condensation or shriveling: to evaporate milk, sliced apples. To dehydrate is to remove moisture from a vegetable, fruit, or body tissue: to dehydrate fruit; dehydrated from running. To dry may mean to wipe moisture off the surface or to withdraw moisture by natural means, such as exposure to air or heat: to dry a dish, clothes.

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Example Sentences

Comedians come and comedians go, jokes sizzle and evaporate.

Juhasz expects that some of her book will evaporate.

In war, carefully laid plans often evaporate in the heat of battle.

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Comedians come and comedians go, jokes sizzle and evaporate.

Juhasz expects that some of her book will evaporate.

In war, carefully laid plans often evaporate in the heat of battle.

It didn't take long for the settlers' early dreams to evaporate.

All the water will freeze or evaporate and make life impossible.

And they wash out, rub away or plain evaporate after splattering.

Yahoo's stock has had a quick rise, but that will evaporate once the proxy fight starts getting nasty.

Economics is their tincture for nearly every ill: create mini-markets for everything and watch our problems evaporate.

Some distil seawater by heating it up to evaporate part of it.

The raindrops evaporate as they fall, cooling the air, which generates downward air currents.

After a rain, they will eventually evaporate into water vapor.

Of course, when you do this, your warranty will evaporate.

When aimed at a typed or handwritten error, the beam would evaporate the ink but.

Leave uncovered and allow some of the liquid to evaporate.

If the after-listing market for shares dries up and there is no one to flip to, the primary market may evaporate as well.

They are light and strong and all types of moisture evaporate faster than fast.

Turning off the heat lowers the pressure, causing that liquid to evaporate back into a gas, thereby creating the cooling effect.

The compounds evaporate into the air through a series of chemical processes that result in especially reflective clouds.

Leading diversified laser companies have often seen profits evaporate entirely during downswings in capital spending.

Iran's dreams of economic prowess have tended in the past to evaporate.

The oil-based pesticides evaporate quickly and degrade rapidly in sunlight.

If droplets fall in liquid form they generally evaporate.

The air then falls down the other side of the volcano, and the clouds evaporate.

The cause is wind and winter sun, which evaporate moisture.

Unseasonable dry heat is drying out the top layer of the sludge, leading to fears it could evaporate and form a toxic cloud.

Not until the monotonous seven-hour drive home does my skepticism evaporate.

Your initial strategies may evaporate as you realize that the one card you need isn't available any longer.

As the white dwarfs evaporate and disappear, the black holes slowly sweep up material and grow larger.

Receivables evaporate as clients delay paying bills.

One other thing that kills me, they leave water in the desert in small feed bowls, that will evaporate in the matter.

But many items fetch four figures, so the bankroll can evaporate quickly.

Rain adds up to little more than a half inch annually because it tends to evaporate before it hits the ground.

Their performance evaluations may plummet and their political support evaporate.

They should understand that the salt doesn't evaporate with the water.

In the remake, any narrative tension and horror evaporate from the beginning.

Booms were used to contain the spilled oil until it could evaporate.

He concluded that defence companies had either to liquidate, evaporate or-his preference-consolidate.

Florida's beaches are hot and sunny-conditions that may evaporate exposed oil more quickly.

The liquid will start to evaporate and the vegetable will become amber colored.

Indeed, any such hole would evaporate so fast that it would not have time to cause trouble.

The flows of rivers will change in size and timing, the wetlands with their water birds and flamingos may evaporate.

Add the wine and cook briefly to evaporate some of the alcohol.

There is a need for an invention that is able to evaporate the water from a tsunami's or hurricane/cyclone's storm surge.

Walking away, he seems to evaporate into the crowd, leaving me with a strangely eerie feeling that perhaps he is the real thing.

Tests confirmed that some toxic compounds that would evaporate in a shallow-water spill are instead spreading.

Grandiose visions of the future often evaporate in the heat of an economic meltdown, and this one has its share of skeptics.

Chlorine is irritating to the eyes, and it tends to evaporate and is believed to cause damage to the earth's ozone layer.

Single ones don't evaporate due to high temperature as thought.

It is expected to dissipate and evaporate with tides over the next few days, he said.

To produce crystalline sugar, large amounts of fuel were needed to heat the sugar sap and evaporate the water it contained.

Officials said the ship's load was a particularly thick fuel oil that does not readily evaporate or break.

Water can also evaporate into the air when sprayed through sprinklers.

He postulated that black holes would gradually evaporate by radiating particles.

Also an aerosol propellant, liquid butane loosens carbon molecules that conglomerate when other elements evaporate at high temps.

If cash continues to evaporate at its present rate, even the strongest airlines will need to raise money.

At their highest speeds they create a wind chill that causes perspiration to evaporate.

With social spending set to rise as the slowdown deepens, the government's budget surplus is likely to evaporate quickly.

Too large a pan, and the juices from your roast will evaporate and burn.

The problem has been quite long in the making and will not evaporate in any short time.

The pressurized nitrogen also prevents air from mixing with the ink so it cannot evaporate or oxidize.

The details emerging provide a lesson in how easily cash can evaporate into the fog of an unmonitored war.

When you dont give importance they will evaporate on their own.

The ground under this growth then begins to evaporate the moisture within.

Water would evaporate and the salts along with any organic elements would fall back to the ocean.

Piecemeal plans that evaporate once the grant money is spent won't do the job.

Private sector unions have been rapidly disappearing and will evaporate soon enough.

Further, these problems are found in first world nations, so how canwe expect them to evaporate from less well equipped areas.

It is that, without a canopy, the music tends to evaporate into the night.

The heat of the explosion will instantly evaporate any water.

Mouthwashes also contain water and alcohol, so they tend to evaporate quickly.

Lots of money is currently being lost and will continue to evaporate if order is not restored.

The heat at depth will evaporate the ammonia which will condense on the walls of the tube at the top releasing the heat.

If it does not, over a decade of nuclear security gains could evaporate.

Unfortunately, if you count in the cost of these wars, quite a bit of the cheapness seems to evaporate.

The reason is that a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture and makes more water evaporate from the earth's surface.

Cook long enough to evaporate the excess moisture in the pan and add the collards to the potatoes in the bowl.

After that, the opportunity for a deal would evaporate.

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World English Dictionary

evaporate (ɪˈvæpəˌreɪt)

—vb
1.	Compare boil to change or cause to change from a liquid or solid state to a vapour
2.	to lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization, leaving a more concentrated residue
3.	to disappear or cause to disappear; fade away or cause to fade away: all her doubts evaporated
4.	(tr) to deposit (a film, metal, etc) by vaporization of a liquid or solid and the subsequent condensation of its vapour

[C16: from Late Latin ēvapōrāre, from Latin vapor steam; see vapour]

e'vaporable

—*adj*

evapora'bility

—n

evapo'ration

—n

e'vaporative

—*adj*

e'vaporator

—n

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Word Origin & History

evaporate

early 15c., from L. evaporatum, pp. of evaporare (see evaporation). Related: Evaporated; evaporating.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

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.

e·vap'o·ra'tive adj.
e·vap'o·ra'tor n.
e·vap'o·ra·tiv'i·ty (-ər-ə-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n.

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