evaporate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: e=vap=o=rate

CIDE DICTIONARY

evaporate, v. i. [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way."  [1913 Webster]

evaporate, v. t. 

•  To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.  [1913 Webster]
•  To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.  [1913 Webster]
•  To give vent to; to dissipate.  [1913 Webster]

  "My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet."  [1913 Webster]

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

evaporate, a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.].

 Dispersed in vapors.  Thomson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

evaporate, v.
1 intr. turn from solid or liquid into vapour.
2 intr. & tr. lose or cause to lose moisture as vapour.
3 intr. & tr. disappear or cause to disappear (our courage evaporated).

Idiom

evaporated milk milk concentrated by partial evaporation.

Derivative

evaporable adj. evaporation n. evaporative adj. evaporator n.

Etymology

L evaporare (as E-, vaporare as VAPOUR)

THESAURUS

evaporate

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

ROGET THESAURUS

evaporate

Unsubstantiality

VB vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away, disappear.

Preservation

VB 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, take care of, guard, stare super antiquas vias, hold one's own, hold one's ground, stand one's ground, embalm, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize, bottle, pot, tin, can, sterilize, pasteurize, radiate, dry, lyophilize, freeze- dry, concentrate, evaporate, freeze, quick-freeze, deep-freeze, husband.

Transientness

VB be transient, 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.

Gaseity

VB vaporize, evaporate, evanesce, gasify, emit vapor, diffuse.

Vaporization

VB render gaseous, vaporize, volatilize, distill, sublime, evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate, cohobate, finestill, bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.

Disappearance

VB disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt, evaporate, vaporize, be gone, leave no trace, leave 'not a rack behind', go off the stage, suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse, retire from sight, be lost to view, pass out of sight, lose sight of, efface.