disappearing

3 definitions • 8 examples

present participle of

If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found:

The search was called off for the sailors who disappeared in the storm.

I can't find my keys anywhere - they've completely disappeared.

disappear behind The sun disappeared behind a cloud.

disappear into We looked for her but she had disappeared into the crowd.

mysteriously disappear The movie is about a girl who mysteriously disappeared while on a picnic at Hanging Rock.

disappear without trace I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.

to no longer exist:

disappear from These flowers are disappearing from our fields and woods.

This is a way of life that is fast disappearing.