evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; “evaporate milk”
evaporate, vaporise
(verb) change into a vapor; “The water evaporated in front of our eyes”
evaporate, vaporise
(verb) cause to change into a vapor; “The chemist evaporated the water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
evaporate (third-person singular simple present evaporates, present participle evaporating, simple 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
(transitive) to give vent to; to dissipate
(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
Source: Wiktionary
E*vap"o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating.] Etym: [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 practice too minute to be visible.
2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.
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.
2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.] My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet. Sir. H. Wotton. Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.
E*vap"o*rate, a. Etym: [L. evaporatus, p. p.]
Definition: Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
