Dictionary Entry
dissipate
dissipate is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
- 2transitive verb
To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
- 3intransitive verb
To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.
- 4intransitive verb
To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
- 5verb
spend frivolously and unwisely
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
- 6verb
move away from each other
"The crowds dispersed"
"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
- 7verb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
- 8verb
live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
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