disappear

disappear
or[evaporate] or[vanish into thin air] {v. phr.} To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace. * /Money seems to disappear into thin air these days./ * /Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • disappear — [dis΄ə pir′] vi. [ME disaperen: see DIS & APPEAR] 1. to cease to be seen; go out of sight 2. to cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct vt. to cause to disappear; specif., to kidnap and execute (persons) in a… …   English World dictionary

  • Disappear — Dis ap*pear , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disappeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappearing}.] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • disappear — I verb abire, abscond, be effaced, be erased, be lost to view, become extinct, become imperceptible, decamp, dematerialize, dissipate, dissolve, escape, evanesce, evanescere, evaporate, exit, extinguish, fade, fade away, flee, leave, leave no… …   Law dictionary

  • disappear — early 15c., disaperen, from DIS (Cf. dis ) do the opposite of + APPEAR (Cf. appear). Earlier was disparish (early 15c.), from Fr. disparaiss , stem of disparaître. Related: Disappeared; disappearing; disappears. Slang disappearing act is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • disappear — *vanish, evanesce, evaporate, fade Analogous words: depart, leave (see GO) Antonyms: appear Contrasted words: emerge, loom (see APPEAR): *come, arrive: issue, emanate (see SPRING) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • disappear — [v] vanish; cease abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more*, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight*, ebb, end, end… …   New thesaurus

  • disappear — ► VERB 1) cease to be visible. 2) cease to exist or be in use. 3) (of a person) go missing or be killed. DERIVATIVES disappearance noun …   English terms dictionary

  • disappear */*/*/ — UK [ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r)] / US [ˌdɪsəˈpɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms disappear : present tense I/you/we/they disappear he/she/it disappears present participle disappearing past tense disappeared past participle disappeared 1) if someone or something …   English dictionary

  • disappear — v. 1) to disappear completely 2) (D; intr.) to disappear from (to disappear from view) * * * [ˌdɪsə pɪə] to disappear completely (D; intr.) to disappear from (to disappear from view) …   Combinatory dictionary

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