vanish
verb /ˈvænɪʃ/
/ˈvænɪʃ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they vanish | /ˈvænɪʃ/ /ˈvænɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it vanishes | /ˈvænɪʃɪz/ /ˈvænɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple vanished | /ˈvænɪʃt/ /ˈvænɪʃt/ |
| past participle vanished | /ˈvænɪʃt/ /ˈvænɪʃt/ |
| -ing form vanishing | /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain
- He turned around and vanished into the house.
- The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.
- My glasses seem to have vanished.
- He vanished without trace.
Extra Examples- I turned around and she had simply vanished.
- She vanished into the mist.
- a man who mysteriously vanished from his home last month
- The boys vanished without trace during a snowstorm.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- just
- simply
- abruptly
- …
- seem to
- make somebody/something
- from
- into
- vanish from the face of the earth
- vanish from sight
- vanish into thin air
- …
- [intransitive] to stop existing
- the vanishing woodlands of Europe
- All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished.
- All thoughts of leaving vanished from his mind.
Extra Examples- Her feelings of shyness rapidly vanished.
- Many of these old cinemas have now vanished altogether.
- Much of the land we loved has vanished forever.
- The people who built this temple have long since vanished.
- This plant is vanishing from our countryside.
- a way of life that has now all but vanished
- The canal crosses the site of an ancient lake, long since vanished.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- from
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French e(s)vaniss-, lengthened stem of e(s)vanir, from Latin evanescere ‘die away’.
Idioms
disappear/vanish off the face of the earth
- to disappear completely
- Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
disappear, vanish, etc. into thin air
- to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way
- She can’t just have vanished into thin air.
- At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.
do, perform, stage a disappearing/vanishing act
- (informal) to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you
- The cat had done a disappearing act.