VAPOUR

vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation

(noun) the process of becoming a vapor

vapor, vapour

(noun) a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

vapour (countable and uncountable, plural vapours)

Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

(obsolete) Wind; flatulence.

Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

(archaic, in the plural) Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.

(dated) Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.

Verb

vapour (third-person singular simple present vapours, present participle vapouring, simple past and past participle vapoured)

(intransitive) To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.

(transitive) To turn into vapour.

(intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

To emit vapour or fumes.

(transitive) To give (someone) the vapours; to depress, to bore.

Source: Wiktionary

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