vapor
/ˈveɪpər/
verb
- To change into vapor; to evaporate or disappear like vapor.
- The chemical will vapor if exposed to air for too long.
- The puddle vaporized under the hot sun within an hour.
- As the liquid heated, it began to vapor into a gas.
- To boast or talk in a way that is not serious or meaningful.
- He spent the whole evening vaporing about his imaginary adventures.
- The politician vapored on stage, offering no real solutions.
- Stop vaporing and tell us what really happened.
noun
- A substance that is in the form of a gas, especially when it is caused by heat or moisture in the air.
- Water vapor in the air can make a hot day feel even more humid.
- The morning sun turned the dew into a thin vapor above the grass.
- Steam is the vapor that rises from boiling water.
- A mist or fog that is visible in the air, often from breath or a machine.
- A cloud of vapor rose from the hot pavement after the rain.
- He could see his breath turn to vapor in the cold winter air.
- The machine released a cool vapor that filled the room.
- Something that is not real or solid; an idea or feeling that disappears quickly.
- The argument was just vapor — it had no real basis.
- His hopes of winning the lottery vanished like vapor.
- She dismissed his promises as vapor, knowing he never followed through.