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vapour
(redirected from vapoured)

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va·pour  (vpr)
n. & v. Chiefly British
Vapor.

vapour or US vapor
Noun
1. a mass of tiny drops of water or other liquids in the air, which appear as a mist
2. the gaseous form of a substance that is usually a liquid or a solid
3. the vapours Old-fashioned a feeling of faintness, dizziness, and depression [Latin vapor]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vapourvapour - a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
suspension - a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
steam - water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
water vapor, water vapour - water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature
2.vapourvapour - the process of becoming a vapor      
boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
clouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
smoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"

vapour U.S. vapor
Translations
vapour, vapor (US) [ˈveɪpəʳ] nvapor m;
(on breath, window) → vaho

vapour (US), vapor [ˈveɪpəʳ] nvapeur f;
(on window) → buée f

vapour (US) vapor [ˈveɪpəʳ] n (gas, steam) → Dampf m;
(mist) → Dunst m

vapour (US), vapor [ˈveɪpəʳ] nvapore m

vapour
n vapour [ˈveipə]
1 the gas-like form into which a substance can be changed by heating water vapour. damp بُخار изпарения pára damp; -damp der Dampf ατμός vapor aur بخار höyry vapeur אֵדִים वाष्प para pára uap gufa vapore 蒸気 증발 기체 garas tvaiks; garaiņi wap damp damp para vapor vapori пар(ы) para para para ånga ละอองน้ำ buhar 蒸氣 пара بخار، بھاپ hơi nước
2 mist, fumes or smoke in the air Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling vapour. gas بُخار او دُخان في الهَواء пара výpary em der Dunst αχνός, πάχνη vapor udu(vine) غبار؛ دود usva vapeur אֵדִים कोहरा, धुआं isparavanje gőz kabut mistur vapore 煙霧 증기, 연무 rūkas, migla dūmaka; migla wap damp eim, dunst, røykos opary vapor aburi, vapori туман; испарения výpary meglica para dimma, dunst หมอกควัน sis туман بخارات، کہر hơi
v vaporize, ˈvaporise
to (cause to) change into a gas-like state. verdamp يُبَخِّر، يُحَوِّل إلى بُخار изпарявам се vypařovat se fordampe verdampfen (lassen) εξατμίζω, εξατμίζομαι vaporizar(se), evaporar(se); esfumar(se) aurustama, aurustuma بخار کردن höyrystää, höyrystyä (se) vaporiser לְאֶדוֹת भाप बनाना isparavati (el)párolog menguap breyta(st) í gufu vaporizzare 気化する 증발[]시키다 išgarinti, išgaruoti iztvaikot; izgarot mengewap (laten) verdampen fordampe odparować, wyparować vaporizar a (se) evapora испарять(ся) vyparovať sa spremeniti v paro ispariti förånga, avdunsta ระเหย buharlaşmak 使汽化 випаровуватися بھاپ بنانا làm bốc hơi 使


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