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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaporate.

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Examples

  • It evaporates from the stucco due to heat produced during the chemical reaction until the stucco dries out and causes tensile forces in the surface of the material.

    Cracks in masonry 2008

  • It evaporates from the stucco due to heat produced during the chemical reaction until the stucco dries out and causes tensile forces in the surface of the material.

    Cracks in masonry 2008

  • As this fluid evaporates from the skin, it cools the blood rushing by just underneath the surface of the skin in the tiny blood vessels called capillaries.

    Archive 2006-07-09 Edward Willett 2006

  • As this fluid evaporates from the skin, it cools the blood rushing by just underneath the surface of the skin in the tiny blood vessels called capillaries.

    Some summer science Edward Willett 2006

  • The majority of the earth's surface consists of the oceans and more water evaporates from the oceans than returns to them as rain or snow.

    How Safe is Your Water? 2000

  • In King of Russia, Dave King's book about coaching in Magnitogorsk, the coach describes the way Malkin beats defenders by saying he "evaporates" past them — and I can't think of a more apt way to illustrate just how dynamic he is.

    Archive 2008-02-01 James Mirtle 2008

  • The ultimate result would be that Belgium ceases to exist ( "evaporates" in N-VA language) and that Flanders and Wallonia become direct member states of a federal

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2010

  • This sort of spending in which money simply "evaporates" without giving anything back to a nation is very different from spending on infrastructure, public employment, etc.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • So, not only do our circumstances and achievements account for only a small percentage of our happiness, but even what they are able to contribute evaporates pretty quickly.

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • If all the kids have to wear the same clothes, a big chunk of the class-status-mongering you get in a public school between the rich and poor kids evaporates.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Latest School Choice Controversy Now Before the Supreme Court 2010

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