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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
4. transitive verb. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
5. transitive verb. To give vent to; to dissipate.
6. adjective. Dispersed in vapors.
7. verb. become less intense and fade away gradually

   "her resistance melted under his charm"

   "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"

   Synonyms: disappear, melt

8. verb. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

   "evaporate milk"

   Synonyms: vaporise, vaporize

9. verb. change into a vapor

   "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"

   Synonyms: vaporise

10. verb. cause to change into a vapor

    "The chemist evaporated the water"

    Synonyms: vaporise

Synonyms

disappear, melt, vaporise, vaporize

Common word forms

evaporated, evaporates, evaporating

Words from these letters

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