evaporate | | |
v. (change) | 1. evaporate, vaporise, vaporize | lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.; "evaporate milk" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ transpire | exude water vapor.; "plants transpire" |
v. (change) | 2. evaporate, vaporise | cause to change into a vapor.; "The chemist evaporated the water" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ pervaporate | cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane. |
| ~ vaporise, evaporate | change into a vapor.; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" |
v. (change) | 3. evaporate, vaporise | change into a vapor.; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ pervaporate | evaporate through a semipermeable membrane. |
| ~ vaporise, evaporate | cause to change into a vapor.; "The chemist evaporated the water" |
v. (change) | 4. disappear, evaporate, melt | become less intense and fade away gradually.; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
reek | | |
n. (cognition) | 1. fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. |
| ~ odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, odor | the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.; "she loved the smell of roses" |
| ~ niff, pong | an unpleasant smell. |
v. (perception) | 2. reek, smack, smell | have an element suggestive (of something).; "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" |
| ~ paint a picture, evoke, suggest | call to mind.; "this remark evoked sadness" |
v. (perception) | 3. reek, stink | smell badly and offensively.; "The building reeks of smoke" |
| ~ smell | smell bad.; "He rarely washes, and he smells" |
v. (body) | 4. fume, reek | be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face. |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
v. (weather) | 5. reek | give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..; "Marshes reeking in the sun" |
| ~ give out, emit, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
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