vanish

1. 1

   To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.intransitive

   • Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.
   • The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
2. 2

   To become equal to zero.

   • The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.
3. 3

   To disappear; to kidnap.transitive

   • And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again.
   • It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted. Turned inside out.

syn. disappear

1. 1

   The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

   • a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.
   • o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
2. 2

   A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.

   • The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.
3. 3

   A disappearance; a vanishment.