vanish

1 get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear, go away] [ant: appear]

2 become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" [syn: disappear, go away]

3 pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly, fell]

4 cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn: disappear] [ant: appear]

5 decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: fly, vaporize]

English

Etymology

Aphetic for obsolete evanish, Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (French évanouir), Vulgar Latin evanescere, from vanus, "empty".

Pronunciation

• /ˈvænɪʃ/
• /"v@nIS/

Verb

1. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
2. To become equal to zero.

   The function f(x)=x^2 vanishes at x=0.

Synonyms

• disappear

Translations

• Afrikaans: verdwyn (1)
• Arabic: (’iχtáfa)
• Bulgarian: изчезвам (izčezvam) (1)
• Chinese: 消失 (xiāoshī) (1)
• Czech: zmizet
• Dutch: verdwijnen (1)
• Estonian: kaduma, haihtuma, hääbuma (1)
• Finnish: hävitä, kadota (1)
• French: disparaître (1)
• German: verschwinden (1,2)
• Italian: sparire, svanire (1)
• Japanese: 消える (きえる, kieru) (1)
• Korean: 사라지다 (sarajida)
• Portuguese: desaparecer (1)
• Russian: исчезать (isčezát’)
• Slovak: zmiznúť (1)
• Spanish: desvanecerse, desaparecer (1)
• Swedish: försvinna

Vanish may refer to:

• Vanish (brand), a toilet bowl cleaner
• "Vanish" an episode of the TV series Criss Angel Mindfreak
• Vanishing, a type of magical effect
• A mathematical function having a root or a zero

See also

• Forced disappearance
• Vanishing (disambiguation)

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