verb
Meaning 1
To turn into vapor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
To turn into vapor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
decrease rapidly and disappear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vanish, fly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
verb
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: evaporate, vaporise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
Narrower terms: transpire
verb
turn into gas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, aerify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
Narrower terms: sublime, sublimate
verb
kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: zap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
History
Etymology tree English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporize From vapor + -ize.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.