evaporateverb
uk/ɪˈvæp.ər.eɪt/us/ɪˈvæp.ə.reɪt/evaporate verb (BECOME GAS)
[ I or T ] to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating:
The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.
Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves.
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
- vaporize
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evaporate verb (DISAPPEAR)
[ I ] to disappear:
Halfway through the movie reality evaporates and we enter a world of pure fantasy.
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Appearing & disappearing
- act
- bubble up
- come up
- conjure
- creep
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- do a disappearing/vanishing act idiom
- drain
- emerge
- erupt
- face
- form
- manifestation
- melt
- pop
- puff
- pull
- pull sth up
- wither
- woodwork
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evaporation
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˌvæp.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌvæp.əˈreɪ.ʃən/