"evaporates" in the verb sense
1. evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
"evaporate milk"
2. evaporate, vaporise
cause to change into a vapor
"The chemist evaporated the water"
3. evaporate, vaporise
change into a vapor
"The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
4. melt, disappear, evaporate
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"
"her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
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