'Vanish' definitions:
Definition of 'vanish'
(from WordNet)
verb
Get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear, vanish, go away] [ant: appear]
verb
Become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" [syn: vanish, disappear, go away]
verb
verb
Cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn: vanish, disappear] [ant: appear, come along]
verb
Definition of 'Vanish'
From: GCIDE
- Vanish \Van"ish\ (v[a^]n"[i^]sh), n. (Phon.) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot. --Rush. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vanish'
From: GCIDE
- Vanish \Van"ish\ (v[a^]n"[i^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished (v[a^]n"[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.] [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanu["i]r, F. s'['e]vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land. [1913 Webster]
- The horse vanished . . . out of sight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Go; vanish into air; away! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vanish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abscond,
- be annihilated,
- be consumed,
- be destroyed,
- be done for,
- be gone,
- be no more,
- be wiped out,
- beat a retreat,
- bow out,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- clear,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- conk out,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- disappear,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- do a fade-out,
- dwindle,
- end,
- erode,
- evacuate,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expire,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- flee,
- fleet,
- flit,
- fly,
- go,
- go away,
- hide,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- melt,
- melt away,
- melt like snow,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- peg out,
- perish,
- peter out,
- quit,
- remove,
- retire,
- retire from sight,
- retreat,
- run out,
- sink,
- sink away,
- succumb,
- suffer an eclipse,
- vacate,
- vanish from sight,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- withdraw