vanish

[van-ish] /ˈvæn ɪʃ/
verb (used without object)
1.
to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible:
The frost vanished when the sun came out.
2.
to go away, especially furtively or mysteriously; disappear by quick departure:
The thief vanished in the night.
3.
to disappear by ceasing to exist; come to an end:
The pain vanished after he took an aspirin.
4.
Mathematics. (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cause to disappear.
noun
6.
Phonetics. the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English vanisshen, vanissen < Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir ≪ Latin ex- ex- + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent to vān(us) vain + -ēscere inchoative suffix
Related forms
vanisher, noun
vanishingly, adverb
vanishment, noun
nonvanishing, adjective
outvanish, verb (used with object)
unvanishing, adjective
Synonyms
1. evanesce. See disappear.
Antonyms
1. appear.
Examples from the web for vanish
  • Specialties will vanish, teaching positions will shift and disappear.
  • Any amount you don't claim will vanish from your account and go straight into your employer's coffers.
  • Even well protected species sometimes vanish unexpectedly.
  • Without a trace, something is causing bees to vanish by the thousands.
  • Anyone walking into a smoker's abode can tell you that the traces of tobacco use don't vanish when a cigarette is extinguished.
  • The falls will vanish with the summer heat, replaced by an onslaught of fearless rock climbers.
  • Makers of clunky pocket calculators design video players so small they vanish in a closed fist.
  • And yet the latter proliferate while the former vanish.
  • Tigers are so stunningly beautiful that it seems a tragedy they should be allowed to vanish.
  • The world's rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation.
British Dictionary definitions for vanish

vanish

/ˈvænɪʃ/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
2.
to cease to exist; fade away
3.
(maths) to become zero
noun
4.
(phonetics, rare) the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong
Derived Forms
vanisher, noun
vanishingly, adverb
Word Origin
C14: vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēvānēscere to evaporate, from ē-ex-1 + vānēscere to pass away, from vānus empty
Word Origin and History for vanish
v.

c.1300, from shortened form of stem of Old French esvanir "disappear," from Vulgar Latin *exvanire, from Latin evanescere "disappear, die out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + vanescere "vanish," from vanus "empty" (see vain). Related: Vanished; vanishing. Vanishing point in perspective drawing is recorded from 1797.

Idioms and Phrases with vanish

vanish

see under into thin air