evaporating

Turning to gas

Evaporating is the process of turning from liquid to vapor, or causing something to do so.

Water evaporates from puddles; heat evaporates moisture.

Figuratively, things that vanish gradually are evaporating: My patience was evaporating, Support for the proposal evaporated overnight.

physical

water

Clear essential liquid

humidity · liquid · drying · mist · puddle · droplets · heat · air · surface · clouds

metaphorical

fading

Gradual loss of intensity

fleeting · diminishing · dissipating · waning · melting · dwindling · ephemeral · transient · hopes · dreams

industrial

cooling

Losing thermal energy

crystallization · brine · refrigeration · condenser · extraction · processing · drying · spray · vacuum · thin-film

scientific

molecules

Bonded atomic groups

equilibrium · rate · saturation · cooling · latent · thermodynamics · phase · volatile · solvent · meniscus

culinary

reducing

Making less or smaller

  • sauceLiquid food accompaniment
  • stockGoods kept for sale
  • syrupThick sugar liquid

glaze · simmering · concentrating · thickening · wine · broth · caramelizing · deglazing · fond · consistency

Categories
Opposites
phase transition direction

evaporatingcondensing

Reducing in volume

liquefying · precipitating · sublimating · freezing · solidifying

moisture level change

evaporatingsoaking

Completely saturated with liquid

drenching · saturating · wetting · dampening · moistening

presence/persistence (figurative)

evaporatingsolidifying

Becoming rigid or fixed

materializing · crystallizing · appearing · coalescing · forming

Phrases
Family

evaporation, evaporative, evaporations

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