vanish

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: van=ish
• COUNT in NET: 6 in 6 verses (in OT : 6 in 6 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

vanish, v. i. [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanuïr, F. s'évanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "The horse vanished . . . out of sight."  [1913 Webster]

  "Go; vanish into air; away!"  [1913 Webster]

  "The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning."  [1913 Webster]

  "Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

vanish, n. 

 The brief terminal part of a 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.  Rush.  [1913 Webster]
" The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vanish, v.
1 intr. a disappear suddenly. b disappear gradually; fade away.
2 intr. cease to exist.
3 intr. Math. become zero.
4 tr. cause to disappear.

Idiom

vanishing cream an ointment that leaves no visible trace when rubbed into the skin. vanishing-point
1 the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to meet.
2 the state of complete disappearance of something.

Etymology

ME f. OF e(s)vaniss- stem of e(s)vanir ult. f. L evanescere (as EX-(1), vanus empty)

THESAURUS

vanish

abandon, abscond, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be done for, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, beat a retreat, bow out, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, come to nothing, conk out, dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dwindle, end, erode, evacuate, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, flee, fleet, flit, fly, go, go away, hide, leave no trace, leave the scene, melt, melt away, melt like snow, pass, pass away, pass out, peg out, perish, peter out, quit, remove, retire, retire from sight, retreat, run out, sink, sink away, succumb, suffer an eclipse, vacate, vanish from sight, waste, waste away, wear away, withdraw

ROGET THESAURUS

vanish

Unsubstantiality

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

Escape

VB escape, scape, make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape, break jail, get off, get clear off, get well out of, echapper belle, save one's bacon, save one's skin, weather the storm, escape scot-free, elude &c, make off, march off, give one the slip, slip through the hands, slip through the fingers, slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison, break away, slip away, get away, find vent, find a hole to creep out of, disappear, vanish.

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.

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.