26984 words

evaporate

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating:

Examples:

The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.
Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves.
2
to disappear:

Examples:

Halfway through the movie reality evaporates and we enter a world of pure fantasy.
3
to cause a liquid to change to a gas, esp. by heating:

Examples:

[ I ] Some water evaporates to form clouds.
4
If something such as a feeling or problem evaporates, it disappears:

Examples:

[ I ] The issue of global warming is not just going to evaporate.

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