evaporate

[ih-vap-uh-reyt] /ɪˈvæp əˌreɪt/
verb (used without object), evaporated, evaporating.
1.
to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
Synonyms: vaporize.
2.
to give off moisture.
3.
to disappear; vanish; fade:
His hopes evaporated.
Synonyms: evanesce.
verb (used with object), evaporated, evaporating.
4.
to convert into a gaseous state or vapor; drive off or extract in the form of vapor:
The warm sun evaporated the dew.
5.
to extract moisture or liquid from, as by heat, so as to make dry or to reduce to a denser state:
to evaporate fruit.
6.
to cause to disappear or fade; dissipate:
His involvement in the scandal evaporated any hope he had for a political career.
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English evaporaten < Latin ēvapōrātus (past participle of ēvapōrāre to disperse in vapor); see e-1, vapor, -ate1
Related forms
half-evaporated, adjective
half-evaporating, adjective
nonevaporating, adjective
preevaporate, verb, preevaporated, preevaporating.
unevaporated, adjective
Can be confused
evanesce, evaporate, liquefy, melt, thaw, transpire, vaporize.
Synonym Study
5. Evaporate, dehydrate, dry mean to abstract moisture from. To evaporate is to remove moisture by means of heat, forced ventilation, or the like, and thus to produce condensation or shriveling: to evaporate milk, sliced apples. To dehydrate is to remove moisture from a vegetable, fruit, or body tissue: to dehydrate fruit; dehydrated from running. To dry may mean to wipe moisture off the surface or to withdraw moisture by natural means, such as exposure to air or heat: to dry a dish, clothes.
Examples from the web for evaporate
  • Comedians come and comedians go, jokes sizzle and evaporate.
  • It didn't take long for the settlers' early dreams to evaporate.
  • All the water will freeze or evaporate and make life impossible.
  • And they wash out, rub away or plain evaporate after splattering.
  • Yahoo's stock has had a quick rise, but that will evaporate once the proxy fight starts getting nasty.
  • Economics is their tincture for nearly every ill: create mini-markets for everything and watch our problems evaporate.
  • Some distil seawater by heating it up to evaporate part of it.
  • The raindrops evaporate as they fall, cooling the air, which generates downward air currents.
  • After a rain, they will eventually evaporate into water vapor.
  • Of course, when you do this, your warranty will evaporate.
British Dictionary definitions for evaporate

evaporate

/ɪˈvæpəˌreɪt/
verb
1.
to change or cause to change from a liquid or solid state to a vapour Compare boil1 (sense 1)
2.
to lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization, leaving a more concentrated residue
3.
to disappear or cause to disappear; fade away or cause to fade away: all her doubts evaporated
4.
(transitive) to deposit (a film, metal, etc) by vaporization of a liquid or solid and the subsequent condensation of its vapour
Derived Forms
evaporable, adjective
evaporability, noun
evaporation, noun
evaporative, adjective
evaporator, noun
Word Origin
C16: from Late Latin ēvapōrāre, from Latin vapor steam; see vapour
Word Origin and History for evaporate
v.

early 15c., from Latin evaporatum, past participle of evaporare (see evaporation). Related: Evaporated; evaporating.

evaporate in Medicine

evaporate e·vap·o·rate (ĭ-vāp'ə-rāt')
v. e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates

  1. To convert or change into a vapor; volatilize.

  2. To produce vapor.

  3. To draw or pass off in the form of vapor.

  4. To draw moisture away from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.

  5. To deposit a metal on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.

e·vap'o·ra'tive adj.
e·vap'o·ra'tor n.
e·vap'o·ra·tiv'i·ty (-ər-ə-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n.