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evaporate
transitive verb evaporated, evaporating
- to change (a liquid or solid) into vapor; drive out or draw off in the form of vapor
- to remove moisture from (milk, vegetables, fruits, etc.) by heating or drying so as to get a concentrated product
- to deposit (a metal, metallic salts, etc.) by sublimation
- to drive out (neutrons, electrons, etc.)
intransitive verb
- to become vapor; pass off in the form of vapor
- to give off vapor
- to disappear like vapor; vanish
Related Forms:
- evaporation noun
- evaporative adjective
- evaporator noun
See evaporate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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