vanish
//ˈvænɪʃ//
Forms
- present (v1)
- vanish
- past (v2)
- vanished
- past participle (v3)
- vanished
- present participle
- vanishing
- 3rd person singular
- vanishes
- Plural
- vanishes
Definitions
1.To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
- Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.
2.To become equal to zero.
- The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.
3.To disappear; to kidnap.
- It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted. Turned inside out.
- And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again.
1.The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
2.A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
- The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.
3.A disappearance; a vanishment.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4554
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce.