vanish
Syllables: van·ish/ˈvænɪʃ/
vanish verb: to become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
Verb
vanish (third-person singular simple present vanishes, present participle vanishing, simple past and past participle vanished)
- 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.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 79–80
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01
- To become equal to zero.
- The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.
- 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.2011, Patrick Meaney, Our Sentence Is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's the Invisibles, Sequart, →ISBN, page 330
- It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted. Turned inside out.2004, John Varley, The John Varley Reader, Penguin, →ISBN
Noun
vanish (plural vanishes)
- 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.
- o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
- A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
- The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.
- A disappearance; a vanishment.
vanish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vanish in Hindi
- to vanish
- ग़ायब होना ġāyab honā
vanish in Tamil
- மறைவாகு, மறைவு, மறைவுறு, மறைதல், அருகுதல்
vanish in Urdu
- to vanish
- غائب ہونا ġāib honā
vanish in Bengali
- অদৃশ্য হয়ে যাওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- vanish in Telugu
- ఈడు īḍu, తొలగు tolagu, తొలుగు tolugu
- vanish in Malayalam
- അദൃശ്യമാകുക, മായുക, ഇല്ലാതാവുക
- vanish in Kannada
- ಇಲ್ಲದಾಗು, ಮರೆಗೊಳು, ಕಣ್ಮರೆಯಾಗು, ಕಾಣದಾಗು
- vanish in Sanskrit
- वा vā, गल् gal, या yā
- vanish in Nepali
- बिलाउनु bilāunu
- vanish in Arabic
- اِحْتَجَبَ iḥtajaba, إخْتَفَى ʔiḵtafā
- vanish in Indonesian
- lenyap
Examples of vanish in a sentence
- When I got back to Hawaii, a feeling of aloha flooded me, and my anxiety vanished.
- The fog has vanished and it's shaping up to be a beautiful day.
- After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag.
Synonyms of vanish
Forms of vanish
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | vanishes |
| present participle | vanishing |
| past participle | vanished |
| past | vanished |
| Noun | |
| plural | vanishes |
Origin of vanish
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English evanisshen, esvanisshen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).
Words formed from vanish
Words that rhyme with vanish
Questions about vanish
- What does vanish mean?
- Vanish means to become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
- What is vanish in Hindi?
- Vanish in Hindi is ग़ायब होना (ġāyab honā). See Vanish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vanish?
- Vanish can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce vanish?
- Vanish is pronounced /ˈvænɪʃ/.
- What is the past tense of vanish?
- The past tense of vanish is vanished.
Words near vanish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vanish (page history and authors); ग़ायब होना (Hindi) (page history and authors); vanish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غائب ہونا (Urdu) (page history and authors); vanish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఈడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); vanish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गल् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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