'Evaporate' definitions:
Definition of 'evaporate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise]
verb
Cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water" [syn: evaporate, vaporise]
verb
Change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" [syn: evaporate, vaporise]
verb
Definition of 'Evaporate'
From: GCIDE
- Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Evaporate'
From: GCIDE
- Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating.] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.]
- 1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too minute to be visible. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in the process of translation. [1913 Webster]
- To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Evaporate'
From: GCIDE
- Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. t.
- 1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet. --Sir. H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'evaporate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerate,
- aerify,
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- atomize,
- attenuate,
- bake,
- be annihilated,
- be consumed,
- be destroyed,
- be gone,
- be no more,
- be wiped out,
- blast-freeze,
- blot,
- blow off,
- brine,
- brush,
- burn,
- carbonate,
- cast forth,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- chlorinate,
- clear,
- clear away,
- corn,
- cure,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- desiccate,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- dilute,
- disappear,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- distill,
- do a fade-out,
- drain,
- drive away,
- dry,
- dry-cure,
- dry-salt,
- dwindle,
- embalm,
- emit,
- erode,
- escape,
- etherify,
- etherize,
- evanesce,
- exhale,
- exit,
- expire,
- exsiccate,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fire,
- flee,
- fleet,
- flit,
- fluidize,
- fly,
- fractionate,
- freeze,
- freeze-dry,
- fume,
- fumigate,
- gasify,
- give off,
- go,
- go away,
- hide,
- hydrogenate,
- insolate,
- irradiate,
- jerk,
- kiln,
- kipper,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- marinade,
- marinate,
- melt,
- melt away,
- melt like snow,
- mummify,
- oxygenate,
- parch,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass off,
- pass out,
- perfume,
- perish,
- peter out,
- pickle,
- preservatize,
- quick-freeze,
- reek,
- refrigerate,
- retire from sight,
- rub,
- salt,
- scorch,
- sear,
- season,
- send out,
- shrivel,
- sink,
- sink away,
- smoke,
- smoke-cure,
- soak up,
- sponge,
- spray,
- steam,
- stuff,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- suffer an eclipse,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- thin,
- thin out,
- torrefy,
- towel,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- vaporize,
- volatilize,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear away,
- weazen,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wizen