To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land
decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke
The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot
If someone or something vanishes, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained. He just vanished and was never seen again Anne vanished from outside her home last Wednesday The gunmen paused only to cut the wires to the house, then vanished into the countryside. = disappear
If something such as a species of animal or a tradition vanishes, it stops existing. Near the end of Devonian times, thirty percent of all animal life vanished In the past two years, one-party rule has vanished from Eastern Europe. = disappear