verb
- Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.
- usage: "evaporate milk"
- Cause to change into a vapor.
- usage: "The chemist evaporated the water"
- Change into a vapor.
- usage: "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
- Become less intense and fade away gradually.
- usage: "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
adjective
- Drawn off in the form of vapor.
- usage: "evaporated molecules boil off"
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