vanish (verb)

  • 11vanish — van|ish [ vænıʃ ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to disappear in a sudden and mysterious way: One moment she was there, the next she had vanished. vanish from: My calculator s vanished from my desk. vanish into thin air/vanish from the face of the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12vanish from — phr verb Vanish from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑scene, ↑sight …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 13vanish into — phr verb Vanish into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑mist, ↑obscurity …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14vanish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. disappear, fade out; dis solve; slang, decamp, vamoose. See disappearance, departure. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disappear, fade, fade away, fade out, go away, dissolve; see also disappear . See… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15vanish — [14] To vanish is etymologically to ‘become empty’. The word comes via Old French esvanir ‘disappear’ from Vulgar Latin *exvānīre, a variant of Latin ēvānēscere ‘disappear’ (source also of English evanescent [18]). This was a compound verb formed …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 16vanish — [14] To vanish is etymologically to ‘become empty’. The word comes via Old French esvanir ‘disappear’ from Vulgar Latin *exvānīre, a variant of Latin ēvānēscere ‘disappear’ (source also of English evanescent [18]). This was a compound verb formed …

    Word origins

  • 17vanish — [[t]væ̱nɪʃ[/t]] vanishes, vanishing, vanished 1) VERB If someone or something vanishes, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained. He just vanished and was never seen again... The aircraft vanished without trace... [V from n]… …

    English dictionary

  • 18vanish*/ — [ˈvænɪʃ] verb [I] 1) to disappear in a sudden or mysterious way One moment she was there, the next she had vanished.[/ex] The plane circled the airport once, then vanished.[/ex] He vanished into the darkness.[/ex] My calculator s vanished from my …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 19go along — verb 1. cooperate or pretend to cooperate (Freq. 4) He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment • Syn: ↑play along • Hypernyms: ↑collaborate, ↑join forces, ↑cooperate, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 20go by — verb 1. pass by (Freq. 6) three years elapsed • Syn: ↑elapse, ↑lapse, ↑pass, ↑slip by, ↑glide by, ↑slip away, ↑slide by, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary