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VAPORISE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

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 "vaporise" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

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

transpire (exude water vapor)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

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

vaporisation (the process of becoming a vapor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn into gas

Example:

The substance gasified

Synonyms:

aerify; gasify; vaporise; vaporize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

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

sublimate; sublime (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

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

vaporisation (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 "vaporise" 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 "vaporise"):

pervaporate (evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)

Sentence frame:

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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 "vaporise" 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 "vaporise"):

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

Sentence frames:

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