evaporate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈvæpəɹeɪt/
evaporate (evaporates, present participle evaporating; past and past participle evaporated)
- (intransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
- (transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
- to evaporate apples
- (transitive) to give vent to; to dissipate
- My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
- (figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
- To give moderate liberty for griefs to evaporate […] is a safe way.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
- French: évaporer
- German: sieden, verdampfen
- Italian: evaporare
- Portuguese: evaporar
- Russian: испаря́ть
- Spanish: evaporar
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