evaporates

verb

present tense third-person singular of evaporate
as in disappears
to cease to be visible by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated

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Recent Examples of evaporates As fans pull air through the water, a small amount evaporates, cooling the remaining water, which recirculates to take up more heat. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Water delivered in the afternoon heat evaporates too quickly for plants to use it effectively. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 13 July 2026 And another benefit of watering in the morning is that less water evaporates and more water will reach the roots, adds Morton. — Lauren David, Southern Living, 12 July 2026 When the air is dry, sweat evaporates quickly and even on very hot days, most people can produce enough sweat to keep their body temperature regulated. — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 As the chicken sits under a heat lamp, moisture evaporates, and the skin starts to wrinkle. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2026 Nearly half the water evaporates or seeps into the ground under the canals before reaching its destination. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026 This deal evaporates at midnight on Friday, so don't wait around. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026 If Starship stalls or autonomy disappoints, his paper trillion evaporates. — Douglas P. McCormick, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporates
  1. disappears
  2. vanishes
  3. fades
  4. melts
Verb
  • Melanie, all tattooed and idiosyncratically homely with her uncorrected teeth and auteur air, disappears.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026
  • Your hyperactive dog catches the scent of a deer and, powered by his hunter's instinct, disappears in the forest.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of disappears
Verb
  • Perhaps that last claim feels overblown, but movies indisputably falsify reality, presenting a world that seems hypervivid for a few hours but vanishes when the lights come up.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • The two fight, and Enola's mother, Eudoria comes to the rescue and saves her before Moriarty vanishes.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of vanishes
Verb
  • Without someone to introduce the work, answer questions, or model what a career in the field looks like, the specialty fades into the background.
    — Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 2026
  • Their heads are orange, stark against the dark blue hue of their torso, which fades to white, then orange and finally black down the length of their tails.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Definition of fades
Verb
  • For this classic treat, bananas are seared in a butter-brown sugar sauce, then topped with vanilla ice cream, which melts slightly from the warmth.
    — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
  • Once dense and lumpy, the balm is now a silky and lush oil that melts away impurities while leaving my skin hydrated.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2026
Definition of melts

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