vanish

UK: /ˈvænɪʃ/ US: /ˈvænɪʃ/ ,(van′ish)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

van•ish /ˈvænɪʃ/   v. [no object]

1. to disappear quickly from sight;
   become invisible:
   The magician made the coin vanish before our eyes.
2. to go away, esp. secretly or without being noticed:
   The thief vanished in the night.
3. to come to an end:
   His anger vanished and he burst out laughing.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

van•ish  (van′ish), v.i. 

1. to disappear from sight, esp. quickly;
   become invisible:
   The frost vanished when the sun came out.
2. to go away, esp. furtively or mysteriously;
   disappear by quick departure:
   The thief vanished in the night.
3. to disappear by ceasing to exist;
   come to an end:
   The pain vanished after he took an aspirin.
4. Mathematics (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.

v.t. 

5. to cause to disappear.

n. 

6. Phonetics the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.

• Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir Latin ex- ex- + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent. to vān(us) vain + -ēscere inchoative suffix
• Middle English vanisshen, vanissen 1275–1325

van′ish•er, n. 
van′ish•ing•ly, adv. 
van′ish•ment, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. evanesce. See disappear. 

Antonyms

• 1. appear.

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vanish / ˈvænɪʃ/ verb (intransitive)

1. to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
2. to cease to exist; fade away
3. to become zero

noun

1. the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong

Etymology: 14th Century: vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēvānēscere to evaporate, from ē- ex-¹ + vānēscere to pass away, from vānus empty

ˈvanisher noun