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evaporate
verb
1 evaporate
Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue:
— Evaporate milk.
synonyms: vaporise, vaporize.
Roget 111:
be transient
etc.
adj.;
flit,
pass away,
fly,
gallop,
vanish,
fade,
evaporate;
pass away like a cloud,
pass away like a summer cloud,
pass away like a shadow,
pass away like a dream.
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Roget 334:
vaporize,
evaporate,
evanesce,
gasify,
emit vapor
etc.
336;
diffuse.
Roget 336:
render gaseous
etc.
334;
vaporize,
volatilize;
distill,
sublime;
evaporate,
exhale,
smoke,
transpire,
emit vapor,
fume,
reek,
steam,
fumigate;
cohobate†;
finestill†.
bubble,
sparge,
effervesce,
boil.
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Roget 449:
disappear,
vanish,
dissolve,
fade,
melt away,
pass,
go,
avaunt†,
evaporate,
vaporize;
be gone
etc.
adj.;
leave no trace,
leave 'not a rack behind'"
[Tempest];
go off the stage
etc.
(depart)
293;
suffer an eclipse,
undergo an eclipse;
retire from sight;
be lost to view,
pass out of sight.
lose sight of.
efface
etc.
552.
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Roget 670:
preserve,
maintain,
keep,
sustain,
support,
hold;
keep up,
keep alive;
refrigerate,
keep on ice;
not willingly let die;
bank up;
nurse;
save,
rescue;
be safe,
make safe
etc.
664;
take care of
etc.
(care)
459;
guard
etc.
(defend)
717.
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]
[Bacon];
hold one's own;
hold one's ground,
stand one's ground
etc.
(resist)
719.
embalm,
cure,
salt,
pickle,
season,
kyanize†,
bottle,
pot,
tin,
can;
sterilize,
pasteurize,
radiate;
dry,
lyophilize [Chem],
freeze-dry,
concentrate,
evaporate;
freeze,
quick-freeze,
deep-freeze;
husband
etc.
(store)
636.
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Dutch: evaporeren, verdampen, verkoken, vervliegen, vervluchtigen
2 evaporate
Cause to change into a vapor:
— The chemist evaporated the water.
synonym: vaporise.
3 evaporate
Change into a vapor:
— The water evaporated in front of our eyes.
synonym: vaporise.
4 evaporate
Moby thesaurus: aerate, aerify, air-dry, anhydrate, atomize, attenuate, bake, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, blast-freeze, blot, blow off, brine, brush, burn, carbonate, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, chlorinate, clear, clear away, corn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, dematerialize, depart, desiccate, die, die away, die out, dilute, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, distill, do a fade-out, drain, drive away, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, dwindle, embalm, emit, erode, escape, etherify, etherize, evanesce, exhale, exit, expire, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fade out, fire, flee, fleet, flit, fluidize, fly, fractionate, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, go, go away, hide, hydrogenate, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, leave no trace, leave the scene, marinade, marinate, melt, melt away, melt like snow, mummify, oxygenate, parch, pass, pass away, pass off, pass out, perfume, perish, peter out, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, reek, refrigerate, retire from sight, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, send out, shrivel, sink, sink away, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, spray, steam, stuff, sublimate, sublime, suffer an eclipse, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, thin out, torrefy, towel, vanish, vanish from sight, vaporize, volatilize, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen ... show more.
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