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EVAPORATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become less intense and fade away gradually

Example:

her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance

Synonyms:

disappear; evaporate; melt

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evaporate" is one way to...):

weaken (become weaker)

Sentence frames:

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Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

Example:

evaporate milk

Synonyms:

evaporate; vaporise; vaporize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evaporate" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evaporate"):

transpire (exude water vapor)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

The water evaporates

They evaporate the water

Derivation:

evaporation (the process of extracting moisture)

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Change into a vapor

Example:

The water evaporated in front of our eyes

Synonyms:

evaporate; vaporise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evaporate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

evaporate; vaporise (cause to change into a vapor)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evaporate"):

pervaporate (evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

evaporation (the process of becoming a vapor)

evaporative (relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation)

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

vapor (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to change into a vapor

Example:

The chemist evaporated the water

Synonyms:

evaporate; vaporise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evaporate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

evaporate; vaporise (change into a vapor)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evaporate"):

pervaporate (cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

evaporation (the process of becoming a vapor)

evaporative (relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation)

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

vapor (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Now, with the planets much closer to the star, their low-density atmospheres should evaporate into space over the next few billion years.

('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)

In this unique cycle, the hydrocarbon molecules evaporate, condense into clouds and rain back onto the ground.

(Dust Storms on Titan Spotted for the First Time, NASA)

"How trees take up, transport and evaporate water can influence societally important extreme events, like severe droughts, that affect people and entire cities."

(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)

In periods of drought, more water evaporates from lakes such as Chichancanab, and because the lighter isotopes of water evaporate faster, the water becomes heavier.

(Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse, University of Cambridge)

The identified organics first dissolved in the ocean of Enceladus, then evaporated from the water surface before condensing and freezing onto ice grains inside the fractures in the moon's crust, scientists found.

(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)

Water vapor that evaporated into the atmosphere has less deuterium than liquid water.

(New Study Shows the Amazon Makes Its Own Rainy Season, NASA)

When water evaporates into water vapor here on Earth's surface and rises into the atmosphere, it carries with it the heat energy that made it evaporate.

(NASA Data Suggest Future May Be Rainier Than Expected, NASA)

Liquid water can't last in the thin air of Mars; with so little air pressure, it evaporates from a solid to a gas when exposed to the atmosphere.

(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)

The gene influences fruit flavor by catalyzing the biosynthesis of a number of lipid (fat)-involved volatiles—compounds that evaporate easily and contribute to aroma.

(Tomato Pan-Genome Makes Bringing Flavor Back Easier, Agricultural Research Service)

The inner shell is essentially an expanding shock wave, so it may be smashing into the dust grains and obliterating them, or producing an extra heating effect that evaporates the dust.

(The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula, ESO)