evaporate

Meaning

Verb

1. (ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
2. (transitive) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To give vent to; to dissipate.
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To cause to disappear or to escape or pass off without effect.

Adj

evaporated

Synonyms

dry up

vaporize

vaporise

volatilize

disappear

vanish

steam

exhale

transpire

dissipate

vapourise

boil away

melt

volatize

fade

evaporation

grow dry

vapourize

vapor

exhalation

gasify

go dry

of water

pass away

recede

rise up

run dry

shrivel

sink

steaming

subside

thicken

transpiration

vaporisation

vaporization

vaporizing

vapour

yawn

go up in smoke

vaporising

volatilise

gastify

steam generation

vaporation

boil-off

cease to flow

absorbed

evaporization

atmometer

become dry

Translations

evaporare

évaporer

verdunsten

evaporar

verdampfen

evaporar

s’évaporer

verdampen

εξατμίζω

uitdampen

evaporar

εξατμίζομαι

dampfen

ausdünsten

emettere vapore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.