Definitions for vanish

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vanish van·ish

Spelling: [van-ish]

IPA: /ˈvæn ɪʃ/

Vanish is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in vanish (ahinsv).

Definitions for vanish

noun

1. Phonetics. the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to disappear.

verb (used without object)

1. to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible:
2. to go away, especially furtively or mysteriously; disappear by quick departure:
3. to disappear by ceasing to exist; come to an end:
4. Mathematics. (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.

Origin of vanish

1275-1325; Middle English vanisshen, vanissen Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir ≪ Latin ex- ex-¹ + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent to vān(us)

Examples for vanish

But what made The Beatles and The Beach Boys so spectacular vocally was that they could vanish into each other with their voices.

The crew held their breaths as if the apparition might vanish as suddenly as it appeared.

If it is a town, it is one of those towns that vanish, like a city of tents.

There things may come and go, rise and vanish—he neither desires nor bemoans them.

There he claims he saw a luminous object change colors several times then vanish into the night sky.

I must vanish from your life, be gone as completely as though I had never entered it.

Previously unknown papyri crop up only to vanish into private collections and out of the sight of scholars forever.

This teacher says that the wretched Soviet regime will vanish and life will return to normal.

And now they all vanish in a puff of smoke from the chimney.

She would also vanish for days or sometimes weeks at a time.