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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
evaporate
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
evaporated milk
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
when
▪ This one followed him trustingly, its interest only evaporating when it was turned away from the bar we entered.
▪ That satisfaction would smartly have evaporated when he reached the clearing and found me gone.
■ NOUN
milk
▪ Gina Smouse notes that by using low-fat evaporated milk and egg substitute, the fat content of the pudding will be lower.
▪ Reconstituted evaporated milk costs less than fresh, fluid whole milk.
▪ When diluted with an equal volume of water, evaporated milk equals whole milk in composition.
▪ Use evaporated milk for an inexpensive, rich milk in cooking. 7.
▪ Use nonfat dry milk and evaporated milk for whipping whenever suitable.
moisture
▪ This gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture that reacts to form acids in the engine.
▪ The heat sets the crust and quickly evaporates the surface moisture, crisping the crust.
▪ Evaporation through pores starts at the surface with water being continuously drawn out and evaporating as a moisture gradient comes into being.
water
▪ They then fan the water so that it evaporates and in doing so lowers the temperature.
▪ At first the water evaporated as soon as it left the faucet, turning into red steam when it hit your body.
▪ During dry periods the water evaporates, and the gypsum sinks to the lake bottom.
▪ As water evaporates from the plaster, the surface heats up.
▪ The water slowly evaporates as it is moved through the system, and the salt solution becomes ever more concentrated.
▪ Heat until water simmers, add sausages, and cook until water evaporates, 5 to 7 minutes, on all sides.
▪ Bring the rice to the boil and continue to cook until most of the water has evaporated.
▪ When diluted with an equal volume of water, evaporated milk equals whole milk in composition.
■ VERB
begin
▪ Slowly, Branson's continuing fear of the responsibility which a child would bring began to evaporate.
▪ It was as if he had begun to evaporate somehow.
▪ The affection and gratitude he had felt at first began to evaporate.
▪ Then the various groups, still muttering anxiously to each other, began to evaporate in various directions.
seem
▪ Mr Malik's mood of earlier in the day seemed to have evaporated.
▪ Ralph waved at the empty street awhile; even the gas fumes seemed to be evaporating before he was ready.
▪ The relaxed air which had reigned in the warm little living room of Rose Cottage seemed suddenly to have evaporated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Support for the idea had evaporated by that time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add wine and cook until liquid evaporates.
▪ And that aspect of human nature does not evaporate just because people are part of the same organization.
▪ As the water evaporates, the coalescing agents cause the acrylic dispersion to fuse and form the surface coating.
▪ At nine-thirty the soup had all evaporated.
▪ Forget about sinking your teeth into it; touch it with your tongue, and it evaporates.
▪ Some particles, however, do not evaporate completely and survive the entry-heat to impact on the Earth's surface.
▪ The Salton Sea would slowly evaporate and life would return to normal, for a while.
▪ They then fan the water so that it evaporates and in doing so lowers the temperature.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evaporate

Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. t.

  1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

  2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

  3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.]

    My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
    --Sir. H. Wotton.

    Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.

Evaporate

Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating.] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.]

  1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too minute to be visible.

  2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in the process of translation.

    To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way.
    --Bacon.

Evaporate

Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors.
--Thomson.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
evaporate

early 15c., "draw off (humors or spirits) as vapor," from Late Latin evaporatum, past participle of evaporare "disperse in vapor" (see evaporation). Intransitive sense by 1560s. Figurative use by 1610s. Related: Evaporated; evaporating.

Wiktionary
evaporate

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 English) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

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evaporate

  1. v. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: vaporize, vaporise]

  2. cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water" [syn: vaporise]

  3. change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" [syn: vaporise]

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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.