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• van´ish|er — van|ish «VAN ihsh», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to disappear, especially suddenly: »The sun vanished behind a cloud. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under disappear. (Cf. ↑disappear) 2. to pass away; cease to be: »Dinosaurs have vanished from the earth. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• van|ish — «VAN ihsh», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to disappear, especially suddenly: »The sun vanished behind a cloud. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under disappear. (Cf. ↑disappear) 2. to pass away; cease to be: »Dinosaurs have vanished from the earth. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• van|ish|ing cream — «VAN ih shihng», a facial cream to protect the skin or serve as a base for face powder or otheosmetics …   Useful english dictionary

• van|ish|ing|ly — «VAN ih shihng lee», adverb. in a vanishing manner; imperceptibly: »The neutrino is uncharged, has a vanishingly small mass, and has been found to spiral in a left handed manner (Science News Letter) …   Useful english dictionary

• van|ish|ment — «VAN ihsh mehnt», noun. 1. the act of vanishing or disappearing: »the overnight vanishment of our “way of life” (Wall Street Journal). 2. the state of having vanished …   Useful english dictionary

• e|van|ish|ment — «ih VAN ihsh muhnt», noun. the act of vanishing; disappearance …   Useful english dictionary

• e|van|ish — «ih VAN ihsh», intransitive verb. Poetic. 1. to vanish; disappear: »... like the rainbow s lovely form Evanishing amid the storm (Robert Burns). 2. to cease to be; die: »and cares evanish, like a morning dream (Allan Ramsay). ╂[< Old French… …   Useful english dictionary

• van·ish·ing·ly — /ˈvænıʃıŋli/ adv used to say that something is so small that it almost does not exist at all The difference is vanishingly small. [=there is almost no difference] …   Useful english dictionary

• ish — ish·er·wood; ish·kash·mi; ish·kyl·dite; ish·ma·el; ish·ma·el·ite; ish·ma·el·it·ish; ish·ma·el·it·ish; is·land·ish; ivory tower·ish; jad·ish; jew·ish·ness; jin·go·ish; kent·ish; kent·ish·man; kick·ish; kit·ten·ish; knav·ish; knav·ish·ly;… …   English syllables

• van — ad·ju·van·cy; ad·van·cive; ad·van·ta·geous; ad·van·ta·geous·ly; al·dro·van·da; can·a·van·ine; car·a·van·sa·ry; ca·yu·va·van; cer·van·tite; cha·van·te; di·van; don·o·van; fla·van·throne; gal·van·ic; gor·e·van; hesh·van; ji·van·muk·ta;… …   English syllables