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vanishing

vanishing adjective: that vanishes. Also the present participle and gerund of vanish.

Adjective

vanishing (not comparable)

  1. That vanishes.
    • Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

Also used as

vanishing is also the present participle and gerund of vanish.

Words formed from vanishing

Phrases with vanishing

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Questions about vanishing

What does vanishing mean?
Vanishing means that vanishes.
What part of speech is vanishing?
Vanishing is an adjective.

Words near vanishing in the dictionary

  1. vanisheth
  2. vanishified
  3. vanishifies
  4. vanishify
  5. vanishifying
  6. vanishing
  7. vanishing act
  8. vanishing bile duct syndrome
  9. vanishing caloric density
  10. vanishing cream
  11. vanishing creams

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