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vapour
va·pour V0025300 (vā′pər)n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of vapor.vapour (ˈveɪpə) or vaporn1. (General Physics) particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc2. (General Physics) a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature. Compare gas33. (General Physics) a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point4. rare something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence5. the vapours archaic a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomachvb6. (General Physics) to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize7. (intr) to make vain empty boasts; brag[C14: from Latin vapor] ˈvapourable, ˈvaporable adj ˌvapouraˈbility, ˌvaporaˈbility n ˈvapourer, ˈvaporer n ˈvapourish, ˈvaporish adj ˈvapourless, ˈvaporless adj ˈvapour-ˌlike, ˈvapor-ˌlike adj ˈvapoury, ˈvapory adjva•por (ˈveɪ pər)
n. 1. a visible exhalation, as fog or smoke, suspended in the air. 2. a substance in gaseous form that is below its critical temperature. 3. a substance converted into vapor for technical or medicinal uses. 4. a combination of a vaporized substance and air. 5. gaseous particles of drugs that can be inhaled as a therapeutic agent. 6. Archaic. a. a strange, senseless, or fantastic notion. b. something insubstantial. 7. vapors, Archaic. a. mental depression or hypochondria. b. injurious exhalations supposed to be produced within the body, esp. in the stomach. v.i. 8. to rise in the form of vapor. 9. to emit vapor. 10. to talk pompously. Also, esp. Brit., vapour. [1325–75; < Latin vapor steam] va′por•a•ble, adj. va`por•a•bil′i•ty, n. va′por•er, n. va′por•less, adj. va′por•y, adj. vapour
Past participle: vapoured
Gerund: vapouring
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| I vapour | | you vapour | | he/she/it vapours | | we vapour | | you vapour | | they vapour |
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| I vapoured | | you vapoured | | he/she/it vapoured | | we vapoured | | you vapoured | | they vapoured |
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| I am vapouring | | you are vapouring | | he/she/it is vapouring | | we are vapouring | | you are vapouring | | they are vapouring |
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| I have vapoured | | you have vapoured | | he/she/it has vapoured | | we have vapoured | | you have vapoured | | they have vapoured |
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| I was vapouring | | you were vapouring | | he/she/it was vapouring | | we were vapouring | | you were vapouring | | they were vapouring |
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| I had vapoured | | you had vapoured | | he/she/it had vapoured | | we had vapoured | | you had vapoured | | they had vapoured |
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| I will vapour | | you will vapour | | he/she/it will vapour | | we will vapour | | you will vapour | | they will vapour |
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| I will have vapoured | | you will have vapoured | | he/she/it will have vapoured | | we will have vapoured | | you will have vapoured | | they will have vapoured |
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| I will be vapouring | | you will be vapouring | | he/she/it will be vapouring | | we will be vapouring | | you will be vapouring | | they will be vapouring |
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| I have been vapouring | | you have been vapouring | | he/she/it has been vapouring | | we have been vapouring | | you have been vapouring | | they have been vapouring |
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| I will have been vapouring | | you will have been vapouring | | he/she/it will have been vapouring | | we will have been vapouring | | you will have been vapouring | | they will have been vapouring |
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| I had been vapouring | | you had been vapouring | | he/she/it had been vapouring | | we had been vapouring | | you had been vapouring | | they had been vapouring |
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| I would vapour | | you would vapour | | he/she/it would vapour | | we would vapour | | you would vapour | | they would vapour |
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| I would have vapoured | | you would have vapoured | | he/she/it would have vapoured | | we would have vapoured | | you would have vapoured | | they would have vapoured |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  vapour - a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substancevaporsuspension - a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancysteam - water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmospherewater vapor, water vapour - water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature | | 2. |  vapour - the process of becoming a vapor evaporation, vaporisation, vaporization, vaporboiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gasclouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the skyphase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical compositionsmoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles" |
vapournoun mist, fog, haze, smoke, breath, steam, fumes, dampness, miasma, exhalation a cloud of poisonous vapourTranslationsvapour (American) vapor (ˈveipə) noun1. the gas-like form into which a substance can be changed by heating. water vapour. 蒸氣 蒸气2. mist, fumes or smoke in the air. Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling vapour. 霧 雾ˈvaporize, ˈvaporise verb to (cause to) change into a gas-like state. (使)汽化或蒸發 使汽化IdiomsSeeget the vaporsvapour
vapour (US), vapor1. particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc. 2. a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature 3. a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point water vapor transmission (WVT)The rate of water vapor flow, under steady specified conditions, through a unit area of material between the two parallel surfaces (and normal to these surfaces).MedicalSeevaporvapour
Related to vapour: vapour pressureSynonyms for vapournoun mistSynonyms- mist
- fog
- haze
- smoke
- breath
- steam
- fumes
- dampness
- miasma
- exhalation
Synonyms for vapournoun a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substanceSynonymsRelated Words- suspension
- steam
- water vapor
- water vapour
noun the process of becoming a vaporSynonyms- evaporation
- vaporisation
- vaporization
- vapor
Related Words- boiling
- clouding
- clouding up
- phase change
- phase transition
- physical change
- state change
- smoke
- smoking
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