Dictionary Entry
vanish
vanish is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. 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.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
- 3noun
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.
- 4verb
decrease rapidly and disappear
"the money vanished in las Vegas"
"all my stock assets have vaporized"
- 5verb
get lost, as without warning or explanation
"He disappeared without a trace"
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- 6verb
cease to exist
"An entire civilization vanished"
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- 7verb
pass away rapidly
"Time flies like an arrow"
"Time fleeing beneath him"
- 8verb
become invisible or unnoticeable
"The effect vanished when day broke"
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