Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To pass out of sight; vanish.
- v. To cease to exist.
- v. To cause (someone) to disappear, especially by kidnapping or murder.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To vanish from or pass out of sight; recede from view; cease to appear; be no longer seen.
- To pass out of existence or out of knowledge; cease to exist or to be known: as, the epidemic has disappeared.
- To end somewhat gradually or without abrupt termination: as, the path disappeared in the depths of the forest; in entomology, a line on the wing disappearing at the subcostal vein.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen
- v. To cease to be or exist.
WordNet 3.0
- v. get lost, as without warning or explanation
- v. become invisible or unnoticeable
- v. become less intense and fade away gradually
- v. cease to exist
Etymologies
- dis- + appear (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The sound track said: _Watch closely now - watch closely - they come up and disappear - they come up and disappear - come up and disappear_ - There were not nearly so many men at the table now, only two or three now and they were watching so closely that they had not even noticed the others disappear.”
“Make the label disappear in a fun way to boot, and the food becomes a zero.”
“Their designer wanted only the description to appear in the infotip, and now they know that they need to shorten the program name to make the name disappear from the infotip.”
“Awarded a stage maximum for the Clocaenog test, Godshill-based Nicholls and co-driver Nick Broom were devastated at seeing the title disappear after winning three rounds during the summer and taking maximum points on a fourth.”
“But I’ll still be happy to see Sarah Palin disappear from the cultural scene when it’s all over and done.”
Tina Fey Back as Sarah Palin for SNL Vice Presidential Debate Sketch? You Betcha!
“Well no, he's not broken, I just made the Network Manager disappear from the panel and I can't seem to get it back.”
“Why did the £16.3 trillion disappear from the report?”
“Following passage of Obamacare in late January to early February, the topic will largely disappear from the mainstream media, except perhaps for a few human interest stories lambasting some big insurance companies.”
The 2010 RedState predictions thread. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“I believe you should save a copy of the job description since they aften disappear from the website by the time you interview.”
Create A Log To Keep Track Of Your Job Search | Lifehacker Australia
“The War in the Pacific could disappear from the hometown newspapers and the news reels for weeks at a time.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘disappear’.
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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no little thing
it bothers me when i hear someone who have experienced something life changing use the phrase: now i appreciate the little things. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY LITTLE THINGS. everything is EXTRAOR...
letters, living, understand, narrow, behavior, personal, need, meant, untamed, world, soldier, 'cause and 241 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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Scriptie: The Fellowship of the Ring
the world is changed, much that once wa..., great rings, immortal, dwarf lords, miners, craftsmen, three, seven, nine, deceived, dark lord and 216 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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action
cut, slice, move, slide, jump, cycle, dodge, appear, disappear, fly, flee, grate and 2 more...
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a puzzled scientist
philosophy, ancestors, hushed, whisper, ghost, secrets, stars, jigsaws, hollow, meteor, turquoise, sigh and 15 more...
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TT2 Lesson 15
basement, filing cabinet, lift, laid up, spasm, muscle, develop, attic, clean out, emergency, emergency room, rush and 20 more...
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Inguriddo's list
linger, smooth, devour, excruciating, totally, bogus, wreck, labyrinth, complexity, reserved, vanish, disappear and 33 more...
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Tunie: Night Train to Lorca
By the Pogues, on the LP "Peace and Love." I don't know if it's the stark simplicity of the individual words or the evocative images conjured by their juxtaposition, but I simply love these lyrics....
crow, rooster, dawn, cranks, whirling, pistons, gleaming, glow, orange, eye, flames, danced and 48 more...
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