evaporate

Universal Words verb 1 if a liquid evaporates or if sth evaporates it, it changes into a gas, especially steam: [V] Heat until all the water has evaporated. * [VN] The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture. 2 [V] to disappear, especially by gradually becoming less and less: Her confidence had now completely evaporated. * Their lead in the opinion polls evaporated overnight. evaporation noun [U]