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/ˈveɪpə/
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/ˈveɪpɚ/
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Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable
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Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
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Usage: US, countable, dated, uncountable
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Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
Examples
Jan 13, 1732, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift He talks me into a fit of vapours twice or thrice a week.
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Wind; flatulence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
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Usage: US, intransitive
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To turn into vapor.
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Usage: US, transitive
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to vapor away a heated fluid
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To emit vapor or fumes.
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Usage: US
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To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
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Usage: US, intransitive
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To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore.
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Usage: US, transitive
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the process of becoming a vapor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vaporization, vaporisation, vapour, evaporation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
Narrower terms: boiling, clouding, clouding up, smoke, smoking
a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vapour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: suspension
Narrower terms: steam, water vapor, water vapour
From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).
Across languages
Translations 123 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
изпаре́ние
(izparénie)
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Chichewa :
nkhúngu
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Finnish :
höyry
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Hindi :
भाप
(bhāp)
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Hindi :
भभका
(bhabhkā)
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Ingrian :
höyry
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Ingrian :
häkä
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Macedonian :
па́реа
(párea)
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Macedonian :
испару́вање
(isparúvanje)
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Māori :
mamaoa
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Norwegian Bokmål :
tåke
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Norwegian Bokmål :
damp
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Portuguese :
vapor
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Tagalog :
ulop
— cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume
Albanian :
avull
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Southern Altai :
буу
(buu)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Arabic :
بُخَار
(buḵār)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Armenian :
գոլորշի
(golorši)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Asturian :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Azerbaijani :
buxar
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Belarusian :
па́ра
(pára)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Belarusian :
пар
(par)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Bengali :
বাষ্প
(baśpo)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Bengali :
ভাপ
(bhap)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Bulgarian :
па́ра
(pára)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Burmese :
အခိုးအငွေ့
(a.hkui:a.ngwe.)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Burmese :
အခိုး
(a.hkui:)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Catalan :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Chinese Mandarin :
蒸氣 /蒸气
(zhēngqì)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Crimean Tatar :
buv
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Czech :
pára
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Danish :
damp
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Dutch :
damp
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Estonian :
aur
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Finnish :
höyry
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
French :
vapeur
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Galician :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Georgian :
ორთქლი
(ortkli)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
German :
Dampf
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Greek :
ατμός
(atmós)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Ancient Greek :
ἀτμός
(atmós)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Ancient Greek :
ἀτμίς
(atmís)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Hebrew :
אֵד
(ed)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Hindi :
वाष्प
(vāṣp)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Hindi :
भाप
(bhāp)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Hindi :
उनाह
(unāh)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Hungarian :
gőz
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Hungarian :
pára
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Icelandic :
gufa
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Indonesian :
uap
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Ingrian :
höyry
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Interlingua :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Italian :
gas
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Italian :
vapore
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Japanese :
気体
(kitai)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Japanese :
蒸気
(jōki)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Kazakh :
бу
(bu)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Khmer :
ចំហាយ
(cɑmhaay)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Korean :
증기
(jeunggi)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Kyrgyz :
буу
(buu)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Kyrgyz :
пар
(par)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Lao :
ໄອ
(ʼai)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Lao :
ອາຍນ້ໍາ
(ʼāi nam)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Latin :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Latin :
nīdor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Latvian :
tvaiks
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Lithuanian :
garai
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Macedonian :
па́реа
(párea)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Malay :
wap
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Maltese :
fwar
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Māori :
wairehu
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Marathi :
बाष्प
(bāṣpa)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Marathi :
वाफ
(vāph)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Mongolian :
уур манан
(uur manan)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Mongolian :
уурших
(uuršix)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Mongolian :
уур
(uur)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Navajo :
siil
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Nepali :
बाफ
(bāph)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Nogai :
був
(buv)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Norwegian Bokmål :
damp
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Occitan :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Odia :
ବାଷ୍ପ
(bāṣpa)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Persian :
بخار
(boxâr)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Plautdietsch :
Donst
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Pohnpeian :
ahd
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Polish :
para
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Portuguese :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Romanian :
abur
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Russian :
пар
(par)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Russian :
газ
(gaz)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Sanskrit :
वाष्प
(vāṣpa)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Sanskrit :
नभस्
(nabhas)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Scottish Gaelic :
deatach
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Serbo-Croatian :
пара
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Serbo-Croatian :
para
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Slovak :
para
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Slovene :
para
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Spanish :
vapor
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Sundanese :
saab
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Swedish :
ånga
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Tagalog :
singaw
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Tajik :
бухор
(buxor)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Tajik :
буғ
(buġ)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Thai :
ไอ
(ai)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Thai :
ไอน้ํา
(ai-náam)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Turkish :
buhar
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Turkmen :
bug
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Ukrainian :
па́ра
(pára)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Ukrainian :
пар
(par)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Urdu :
بھاپ
(bhāp)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Urdu :
اناہ
(unāh)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Uyghur :
بۇغ
(bugh)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Uyghur :
پار
(par)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Uzbek :
bugʻ
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Uzbek :
par
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Vietnamese :
hơi
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Yakut :
паар
(paar)
— the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid
Bulgarian :
хваля се
(hvalja se)
— intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
Finnish :
vaahdota
— intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
German :
prahlen
— intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
Japanese :
管を巻く
— intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
Japanese :
粋がる
(ikigaru)
— intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
Japanese :
威張り散らす
(ibarichirasu)
— intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster
