From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishevaporatee‧vap‧o‧rate /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]HLIQUID if a liquid evaporates, or if heat evaporates it, it changes into a gas Most of the water had evaporated. The sun evaporates moisture on the leaves.2 [intransitive]DISAPPEAR if a feeling evaporates, it slowly disappears Hopes of achieving peace are beginning to evaporate. His courage had evaporated away. —evaporation /ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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evaporate• Add wine and cook until liquid evaporates.• At nine-thirty the soup had all evaporated.• Forget about sinking your teeth into it; touch it with your tongue, and it evaporates.• They then fan the water so that it evaporates and in doing so lowers the temperature.• The Salton Sea would slowly evaporate and life would return to normal, for a while.• Support for the idea had evaporated by that time.• Some particles, however, do not evaporate completely and survive the entry-heat to impact on the Earth's surface.• And that aspect of human nature does not evaporate just because people are part of the same organization.• As the water evaporates, the coalescing agents cause the acrylic dispersion to fuse and form the surface coating.Origin evaporate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of evaporare, from vapor “steam” 