Vanish

  • 11vanish — verb 1 disappear suddenly and completely ADVERB ▪ just, simply ▪ I turned around and she had simply vanished. ▪ abruptly, instantly, promptly, suddenly …

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  • 12vanish */*/ — UK [ˈvænɪʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms vanish : present tense I/you/we/they vanish he/she/it vanishes present participle vanishing past tense vanished past participle vanished 1) a) to disappear in a sudden and mysterious way One moment… …

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  • 13vanish — van|ish [ vænıʃ ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to disappear in a sudden and mysterious way: One moment she was there, the next she had vanished. vanish from: My calculator s vanished from my desk. vanish into thin air/vanish from the face of the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14vanish — 01. The magician [vanished] in a puff of smoke, only to reappear inside a large box in the center of the stage. 02. The youths [vanished] from the scene as soon as the police arrived. 03. Countless planes and ships have apparently [vanished] in… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15vanish — van|ish [ˈvænıʃ] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: evanir, from [i]Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; EVANESCENT] 1.) to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained ▪ My keys were here a minute ago… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16vanish — verb (I) 1 to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained: When I turned round again, the boy had vanished. | vanish into thin air (=disappear completely in a very mysterious way) | vanish without a trace/vanish off… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17vanish — verb Etymology: Middle English vanisshen, from Anglo French vaniss , stem of vanir, envanir, esvanir, from Vulgar Latin *exvanire, alteration of Latin evanescere to dissipate like vapor, vanish, from e + vanescere to vanish, from vanus empty Date …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18vanish — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19vanish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. disappear, fade out; dis solve; slang, decamp, vamoose. See disappearance, departure. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disappear, fade, fade away, fade out, go away, dissolve; see also disappear . See… …

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  • 20vanish — [14] To vanish is etymologically to ‘become empty’. The word comes via Old French esvanir ‘disappear’ from Vulgar Latin *exvānīre, a variant of Latin ēvānēscere ‘disappear’ (source also of English evanescent [18]). This was a compound verb formed …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins