vanish

van·ish  (vnsh)

intr.v. van·ished, van·ish·ing, van·ish·es

1.

a. To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear. See Synonyms at disappear.

b. To pass out of existence.

2. Mathematics To become zero. Used of a function or variable.

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[Middle English vanisshen, alteration of Old French esvanir, esvaniss-, from Vulgar Latin *exvanre, alteration of Latin vnscere : -, ex-, ex- + vnscere, to vanish (from vnus, empty; see eu- in Indo-European roots).]

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vanish·er n.

vanish·ing·ly adv.

vanish·ment n.

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vanish [ˈvænɪʃ]

vb (intr)

1. to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously

2. to cease to exist; fade away

3. (Mathematics) Maths to become zero

n

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics rare the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong

[C14 vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēvānēscere to evaporate, from ē- ex-¹ + vānēscere to pass away, from vānus empty]

vanisher  n

vanishingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	vanish - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" disappear, go away fall away, fall off - diminish in size or intensity fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" die - disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" absent, remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself" blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" fade, wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" skip town, take a powder - disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) die off, die out - become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out" desorb - go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
	2.	vanish - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" disappear, go away dematerialise, dematerialize - become immaterial; disappear clear - go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon" bob under - disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	3.	vanish - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" fell, fly vaporize, vanish, fly - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
	4.	vanish - cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" disappear end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	5.	vanish - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" vaporize, fly decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" fell, vanish, fly - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

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vanish

verb

1. disappear, become invisible, be lost to sight, dissolve, evaporate, fade away, melt away, disappear from sight, exit, evanesce The aircraft vanished without trace.
disappear appear, materialize, come into view, arrive, pop up, become visible

2. die out, disappear, pass away, end, fade, dwindle, cease to exist, become extinct, disappear from the face of the earth Dinosaurs vanished from the earth millions of years ago.

Translations

vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] VI → desaparecer
to vanish without trace → desaparecer sin dejar rastro
to vanish into thin air → esfumarse

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vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] vi

(= disappear suddenly) → disparaître
to vanish without trace → disparaître sans laisser de trace
to vanish into thin air → se volatiliser

(= cease to exist) [species, tradition] → disparaître; [hopes, fears] → disparaître
vanishing act [ˈvænɪʃɪŋ] n
to do a vanishing act (= leave) → s'éclipser
vanishing trick [ˈvænɪʃɪŋ] n → tour m de passe-passe

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vanish

vi → verschwinden, entschwinden (liter); (traces also) → sich verlieren; (fears) → sich legen; (hopes) → schwinden; (= become extinct) → untergehen; I’ve got to vanish (inf) → ich muss weg (inf) ? thin d

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vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] vi → svanire
to vanish into thin air → svanire nel nulla, volatilizzarsi

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vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] vi → svanire
to vanish into thin air → svanire nel nulla, volatilizzarsi

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vanish

v vanish [ˈvӕniʃ]

to become no longer visible, especially suddenly The ship vanished over the horizon; Our hopes suddenly vanished. verdwyn يَخْتَفي، يَتَوارى изчезвам zmizet forsvinde verschwinden εξαφανίζομαι desvanecerse, desaparecer haihtuma ناپدید شدن kadota disparaître לְהֵיעָלֵם लुप्त होना nestati, iščeznuti eltűnik lenyap hverfa svanire, scomparire 消える (특히 갑자기 시야에서) 사라지다, 보이지 않게 되다 dingti, išnykti pazust; izgaist menghilang verdwijnen forsvinne zniknąć desaparecer a dis­părea исчезать zmiznúť izginiti nestati försvinna หายไป gözden kaybolmak 突然消失 зникати, щезати غائب ہوجانا biến mất 突然消失

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vanish → يَغيب عن الأنظار zmizet forsvinde verschwinden εξαφανίζομαι disiparse kadota disparaître nestati scomparire 消える 사라지다 verdwijnen forsvinne zniknąć desaparecer исчезать försvinna หายไปอย่างรวดเร็ว yok olmak tan biến 消失