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VAPORISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vaporise
... he / she / it vaporises
Past simple: vaporised
-ing form: vaporising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
Example:
evaporate milk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):
transpire (exude water vapor)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)
vapor (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)
vaporisation (the process of becoming a vapor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
The substance gasified
Synonyms:
aerify; gasify; vaporise; vaporize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):
sublimate; sublime (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)
vapor (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)
vaporisation (the process of becoming a vapor)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Example:
The water evaporated in front of our eyes
Synonyms:
evaporate; vaporise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
evaporate; vaporise (cause to change into a vapor)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):
pervaporate (evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)
Sentence frame:
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Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
The chemist evaporated the water
Synonyms:
evaporate; vaporise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
evaporate; vaporise (change into a vapor)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):
pervaporate (cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)
Sentence frames:
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