vanish

van·ish

V0023000 (văn′ĭsh)intr.v. van·ished, van·ish·ing, van·ish·es 1. a. To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear. See Synonyms at disappear.b. To pass out of existence: when the dinosaurs vanished from the earth.2. Mathematics To become zero. Used of a function or variable.

[Middle English vanisshen, alteration of Old French esvanir, esvaniss-, from Vulgar Latin *exvanīre, alteration of Latin ēvānēscere : ē-, ex-, ex- + vānēscere, to vanish (from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]

van′ish·er n.van′ish·ing·ly adv.van′ish·ment n.

vanish

(ˈvænɪʃ) vb (intr) 1. to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously2. to cease to exist; fade away3. (Mathematics) maths to become zeron (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics rare the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong[C14: vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēvānēscere to evaporate, from ē- ex-¹ + vānēscere to pass away, from vānus empty] ˈvanisher n ˈvanishingly adv

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(ˈvæn ɪʃ)

v.i. 1. to disappear quickly from sight; become invisible. 2. to go away, esp. furtively: The thief vanished in the night. 3. to come to an end. 4. (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero. v.t. 5. to cause to disappear. [1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French evaniss-, long s. of e(s)vanir « Latin ēvānēscere= ē- e- + vānēscere to pass away (vān(us) vain + -ēscere -esce)] van′ish•er, n. syn: See disappear.

vanish

Past participle: vanished
Gerund: vanishing

Imperative
vanish
vanish

Present
I vanish
you vanish
he/she/it vanishes
we vanish
you vanish
they vanish

Preterite
I vanished
you vanished
he/she/it vanished
we vanished
you vanished
they vanished

Present Continuous
I am vanishing
you are vanishing
he/she/it is vanishing
we are vanishing
you are vanishing
they are vanishing

Present Perfect
I have vanished
you have vanished
he/she/it has vanished
we have vanished
you have vanished
they have vanished

Past Continuous
I was vanishing
you were vanishing
he/she/it was vanishing
we were vanishing
you were vanishing
they were vanishing

Past Perfect
I had vanished
you had vanished
he/she/it had vanished
we had vanished
you had vanished
they had vanished

Future
I will vanish
you will vanish
he/she/it will vanish
we will vanish
you will vanish
they will vanish

Future Perfect
I will have vanished
you will have vanished
he/she/it will have vanished
we will have vanished
you will have vanished
they will have vanished

Future Continuous
I will be vanishing
you will be vanishing
he/she/it will be vanishing
we will be vanishing
you will be vanishing
they will be vanishing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been vanishing
you have been vanishing
he/she/it has been vanishing
we have been vanishing
you have been vanishing
they have been vanishing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been vanishing
you will have been vanishing
he/she/it will have been vanishing
we will have been vanishing
you will have been vanishing
they will have been vanishing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been vanishing
you had been vanishing
he/she/it had been vanishing
we had been vanishing
you had been vanishing
they had been vanishing

Conditional
I would vanish
you would vanish
he/she/it would vanish
we would vanish
you would vanish
they would vanish

Past Conditional
I would have vanished
you would have vanished
he/she/it would have vanished
we would have vanished
you would have vanished
they would have vanished

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	vanish - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"disappear, go awayfall away, fall off - diminish in size or intensityfall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"die - disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"absent, remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself"blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"fade, wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"skip town, take a powder - disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)die off, die out - become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out"desorb - go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
	2.	vanish - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"disappear, go awaydematerialise, dematerialize - become immaterial; disappearclear - go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon"bob under - disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of waterend, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	3.	vanish - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"fell, flyvaporize, vanish, fly - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
	4.	vanish - cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"disappearend, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	5.	vanish - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"vaporize, flydecrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"fell, vanish, fly - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

vanish

verb1. disappear, become invisible, be lost to sight, dissolve, evaporate, fade away, melt away, disappear from sight, exit, evanesce The aircraft vanished without trace.
disappear appear, materialize, come into view, arrive, pop up, become visible2. die out, disappear, pass away, end, fade, dwindle, cease to exist, become extinct, disappear from the face of the earth Dinosaurs vanished from the earth millions of years ago.

vanish

verbTo pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly:disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, fade out.

Translations

消失突然消失

vanish

(ˈvӕniʃ) verb to become no longer visible, especially suddenly. The ship vanished over the horizon; Our hopes suddenly vanished.突然消失

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→ 消失zhCN

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pull a vanishing act

To depart or go away very suddenly or without warning, especially so as to avoid doing or dealing with something. My roommate loves to throw parties here, but she always pulls a vanishing act the next day when everything needs to be cleaned up! Brian is nearly two weeks late finishing his sales report—that's why he's been pulling a vanishing act whenever the boss is around.See also: act, pull, vanish

do a vanishing act

To depart or go away very suddenly or without warning, especially so as to avoid doing or dealing with something. My roommate loves to throw parties here, but she always does a vanishing act the next day when everything needs to be cleaned up! Brian is nearly two weeks late finishing his sales report—that's why he's been doing a vanishing act whenever the boss is around.See also: act, vanish

sink without (a) trace

1. To quickly and thoroughly fail. The new smartphone was meant to revolutionize the industry, but it sank without trace after its commercial release. After his initial breakout success, the director's follow-up film sank without a trace.2. To be forgotten about by the population as a whole, especially after being very popular. The digital pets fad took the world by storm in the late 1990s, but sank without trace by the end of the millennium.See also: sink, trace, without

vanish without (a) trace

1. To disappear without any indication to one's or something's whereabouts. Police have been searching for two weeks to find a young girl who vanished without trace from her home in Rochester. Authorities are puzzled by the navy submarine that seemingly vanished without a trace last Thursday.2. To be forgotten about by the population as a whole, especially after being very popular. The digital pets fad took the world by storm in the late 1990s, but pretty much vanished without a trace by the end of the millennium.See also: trace, vanish, without

vanish into the woodwork

To recede or absent oneself from public view; to become or remain hidden in society. The former movie star, never one to vanish into the woodwork, launched a very successful chain of restaurants and eventually ran for public office in Washington state. I think people expected us to vanish into the woodwork after the referendum results, but we made sure to stay firmly in the eye of the public.See also: vanish, woodwork

vanish away

To disappear entirely. And just like that, my dreams of ever competing in the Olympics vanished away. The remnants of this ancient civilization have all but vanished away.See also: away, vanish

vanish away

to disappear. (The away is considered redundant.) The pizza vanished away in no time at all. The city lights vanished away as dawn broke.See also: away, vanish

vanish from something

to disappear from something or some place. The money vanished from the desk drawer. My glasses have vanished from sight again.See also: vanish

vanish into something

to disappear by going into something. All the deer vanished into the forest. Money seems to vanish into a black hole.See also: vanish

vanish into thin air

Cliché to disappear without leaving a trace. My money gets spent so fast. It seems to vanish into thin air. When I came back, my car was gone. I had locked it, and it couldn't have vanished into thin air!See also: air, thin, vanish

vanish

see under into thin air.

vanish into (or come or crawl out of) the woodwork

(of an unpleasant person or thing) disappear into (or emerge from) obscurity. informal The implication here is that the people or things concerned are like cockroaches or other unpleasant creatures living in the crevices of skirting boards and cupboards.See also: vanish, woodwork

do/perform/stage a disapˈpearing/ˈvanishing act

(informal) go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you: Ian always does a disappearing act when it’s time to wash the dishes.This refers to a magic trick done by a magician in which they make themselves or another person disappear.See also: act, disappear, perform, stage, vanish

disappear/vanish off the face of the ˈearth

disappear completely: Keep looking — they can’t just have vanished off the face of the earth.See also: disappear, earth, face, of, off, vanish

sink, vanish, etc. without (a) ˈtrace

disappear completely: The boat sank without trace. ♢ Many pop stars sink without a trace. After five years no one can even remember their names.See also: trace, without

vanish away

v. To disappear gradually but completely: I had to wash the shirt five times before the grass stain vanished away.See also: away, vanish

vanish into thin air, to

To disappear altogether. Exactly when it was known that the higher one goes the thinner the air (owing to less available oxygen) is not certain. Shakespeare, however, wrote of ghosts that “Melted into air, into thin air” in 1610 (The Tempest, 4:1). A twentieth-century version of this cliché is the vanishing act, said of a person who unexpectedly disappears. It comes from the magician’s trick of making something disappear (hence “act”). The essayist Logan Pearsall Smith used it poignantly in All Trivia (1933): “I cannot forgive my friends for dying; I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.”See also: thin, vanish

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pull a vanishing act

do a vanishing act

sink without (a) trace

vanish without (a) trace

vanish into the woodwork

vanish away

vanish away

vanish from something

vanish into something

vanish into thin air

vanish

vanish into (or come or crawl out of) the woodwork

do/perform/stage a disapˈpearing/ˈvanishing act

disappear/vanish off the face of the ˈearth

sink, vanish, etc. without (a) ˈtrace

vanish away

vanish into thin air, to

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verb disappear

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verb die out

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verb to pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly

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verb get lost, as without warning or explanation

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verb become invisible or unnoticeable

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verb pass away rapidly

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verb cease to exist

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verb decrease rapidly and disappear

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