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evaporate

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: vaporize , vaporise ] cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water" [syn: vaporise ] change into a vapor; "The water evaporated ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state 2 (context transitive English) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion 3 (context transitive English) to give vent to; to dissipate 4 (context figuratively ...

Usage examples of evaporate.

Dry and transfer to an evaporating dish, adding the ashes of the filter paper.

Horatia, her first annoyance having evaporated, was all agog to see what he would do.

It is really, however, the most efficacious of the three types, as it does not evaporate as readily as the asphyxiating gas.

The German oculist began by admitting that after the operation for cataract there was no chance of the disease returning, but that there was a considerable risk of the crystalline humour evaporating, and the patient being left in a state of total blindness.

Isabella felt the ebullient mood of hope, which her brief interlude with Ramsey had raised, begin to evaporate.

She took her time enjoying her walk, the lush beauty of the foliage surrounding her home, the fragrant blue haze of the eucalypts evaporating in the heat, the brilliance of the scarlet Kangaroo Paw.

The water had evaporated during a succession of dry seasons, and seedling eucalypts having sprung up, the lake basin had become a forest.

He glanced at the ceiling, toward his bedroom, where the god of detectives, Guan Di, presently sat with his evaporating cup of sweet wine.

My rage had evaporated, and I trembled at the thought of this young frightened girl running about the streets at such an hour.

The virtue had gone out of the classes he idealized, the young were hedonistic or disaffected, the desire to paint the map red had evaporated.

Oddly enough, some pediatricians are now using it on children 60 Minutes did a thing on a guy who evaporated Ketamine down to a powder, slipped it into the drinks of women he met in bars, and then took them to motels and raped them.

The lapilli form a blanket which soaks up the winter rain and the dew that falls every night, and prevents this trapped moisture from evaporating.

The large volume of water carries minerals from the topsoil down into the subsoil, but in desert environments, soil moisture evaporates more rapidly than it can be leached downward.

In spite of the warm, muggy air, her fingers felt cold, as though turpentine was still evaporating from her skin.

He handed her a mug of coffee with a disarming smile and she found her peevishness evaporating.