Dictionary Entry
evaporate
evaporate is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 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 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
- 4transitive verb
To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
- 5transitive verb
To give vent to; to dissipate.
- 6adjective
Dispersed in vapors.
- 7verb
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"
"her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
- 8verb
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
"evaporate milk"
- 9verb
change into a vapor
"The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
Synonyms
- 10verb
cause to change into a vapor
"The chemist evaporated the water"
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