Definition of vanish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Any time something — or someone — disappears mysteriously, it's a vanishing. The word vanishing is a gerund, or a noun that's made by adding ing to a verb, in this case vanish.
vanish (third-person singular simple present vanishes, present participle vanishing, simple past and past participle vanished) (intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. quotations
To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear. See Synonyms at disappear. b. To pass out of existence: when the dinosaurs vanished from the earth. 2. Mathematics To become zero. Used of a function or variable.
If someone or something vanishes, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained. He just vanished and was never seen again. [VERB] The aircraft vanished without trace. [VERB] Anne vanished from outside her home last Wednesday. [VERB + from] The gunmen paused only to cut the wires to the house, then vanished into the countryside.
The missing girl vanished without a trace a year ago. The papers seem to have vanished into thin air. Dinosaurs vanished from the face of the earth millions of years ago.
To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear. See Synonyms at disappear. b. To pass out of existence: when the dinosaurs vanished from the earth. 2. Mathematics To become zero. Used of a function or variable.