VAPORISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaporise mean? 

• VAPORISE (verb)
  The verb VAPORISE has 4 senses:

1. cause to change into a vapor

2. change into a vapor

3. turn into gas

4. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

  Familiarity information: VAPORISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAPORISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vaporise    ... he / she / it vaporises   
Past simple: vaporised   
Past participle: vaporised   
-ing form: vaporising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to change into a vapor

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

evaporate; vaporise

Context example:

The chemist evaporated the water

Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

evaporate; vaporise (change into a vapor)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):

pervaporate (cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Change into a vapor

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

evaporate; vaporise

Context example:

The water evaporated in front of our eyes

Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

evaporate; vaporise (cause to change into a vapor)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):

pervaporate (evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Turn into gas

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

aerify; gasify; vaporise; vaporize

Context example:

The substance gasified

Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):

sublimate; sublime (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

vapor (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)

vaporisation (the process of becoming a vapor)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

evaporate; vaporise; vaporize

Context example:

evaporate milk

Hypernyms (to "vaporise" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaporise"):

transpire (exude water vapor)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
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Derivation:

vapor (the process of becoming a vapor)

vapor (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)

vaporisation (the process of becoming a vapor)

 Context examples 

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals.

(ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron, ESO)