Vanish
['vænɪʃ]
Definition
(verb.) decrease rapidly and disappear; 'the money vanished in las Vegas'; 'all my stock assets have vaporized'.
(verb.) cease to exist; 'An entire civilization vanished'.
(verb.) become invisible or unnoticeable; 'The effect vanished when day broke'.
Edited by Gail--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.
(v. i.) To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
(n.) The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot.
Editor: Luke
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Disappear, fade, pass, dissolve, fade away, melt away, pass away, be lost, be no more.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disappear, dissolve, melt, fade_away
ANT:Appear, approach, loom
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Definition
v.i. to pass away from a place leaving it vacant or empty: to disappear: to be annihilated or lost: (math.) to become zero: (Shak.) to exhale.—n. Van′isher.—adv. Van′ishingly.—n. Van′ishment.—Vanishing point the point of disappearance of anything.
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Examples
- Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You must begin your improvements on this house, observed Elinor, and your difficulties will soon vanish. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The terrors and horrors of Cocytus and Styx, ghosts and sapless shades, and the rest of their Tartarean nomenclature, must vanish. Plato. The Republic.
- All his dreams of conquest over disease a nd death seemed to vanish. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She felt as if all her morning's gloom would vanish if she could see her husband glad because of her presence. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All else is but dross, or evanescent dreams which vanish into oblivion in the light of a larger knowledge. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He watched the lights vanish from George's sitting-room windows, and shine out in the bedroom close at hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Betteredge's last-left scruples vanished at that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I tried to reach the porch of a great building near, but the mass of frontage and the giant spire turned black and vanished from my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- From the time when he was left in the loft-room, he vanished. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Just one hint to you, Lestrade, drawled Holmes before his rival vanished; I will tell you the true solution of the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Before the waiter had answered the call, the mechanic had vanished. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On the fourth morning all vanished. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My star vanished as I drew near: some obstacle had intervened between me and it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A mole could trace it, and there it vanishes among the reeds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is repressing symptoms favourable to the fit when she seems to take alarm at something and vanishes down the stairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I return in my grave-clothes, a pledge restored from the very sepulchre, and every one I speak to vanishes as soon as they hear my voice! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But on a nearer examination of them the similarity vanishes, and they are seen to be distinct characters. Plato. The Republic.
- But drag me from this country; and my power of self control vanishes, nor can I answer for the violence my agony of grief may lead me to commit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He speaks no English and vanishes as quickly and as mysteriously after he has performed some valorous deed, as though he were a disembodied spirit. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Everybody else quickly vanishes too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To superficial observers his chin had too vanishing an aspect, looking as if it were being gradually reabsorbed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It has plenty of spectral company in ghosts of trees and hedges, slowly vanishing and giving place to the realities of day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The vanishing of the lady. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I thought of the assistant's fondness for photography, and his trick of vanishing into the cellar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I believe it is a mere fire of dry sticks, blazing up and vanishing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Looking back upon his own poor story, she was its vanishing-point. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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