vanish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   become invisible or unnoticeable

   The effect vanished when day broke

2. 2
   verb

   decrease rapidly and disappear

   the money vanished in las Vegas

3. 3
   verb

   cease to exist

   An entire civilization vanished

4. 4
   verb

   To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

   Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.

5. 5
   verb

   To become equal to zero.

   The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.

6. 6
   verb

   To disappear; to kidnap.

   And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again.

7. 7
   noun

   The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

   a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.

8. 8
   noun

   A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.

   The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.

Etymology

Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).