vanish, fly, vaporize
(verb) decrease rapidly and disappear; “the money vanished in las Vegas”; “all my stock assets have vaporized”
disappear, vanish, go away
(verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation; “He disappeared without a trace”
vanish, disappear
(verb) cease to exist; “An entire civilization vanished”
fly, fell, vanish
(verb) pass away rapidly; “Time flies like an arrow”; “Time fleeing beneath him”
vanish, disappear, go away
(verb) become invisible or unnoticeable; “The effect vanished when day broke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vanish (third-person singular simple present vanishes, present participle vanishing, simple past and past participle vanished)
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
(mathematics) To become equal to zero.
The function vanishes at .
(transitive) to disappear; to kidnap
• disappear
vanish (plural vanishes)
(phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
• shavin'
Source: Wiktionary
Van"ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.] Etym: [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanuĂŻr, F. s'Ă©vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]
1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land. The horse vanished . . . out of sight. Chaucer. Go; vanish into air; away! Shak. The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning. Sir W. Scott. Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities. Hawthorne.
2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish." Milton.
Van"ish, n. (Phon.)
Definition: The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot. Rush.
Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
