vanishing
(noun) a sudden disappearance from sight
vanishing
(noun) a sudden or mysterious disappearance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vanishing (not comparable)
That vanishes.
vanishing
present participle of vanish
Source: Wiktionary
Van"ish*ing,
Definition: a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict.
– Vanishing line (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point.
– Vanishing point (Persp.), the point to which all parallel lines in the same plane tend in the representation. Gwilt.
– Vanishing stress (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable. Rush.
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
19 December 2024
(noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
