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# vanish

verb (vanish, vanishes, vanished, vanishing)

«vanish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To vanish means to disappear suddenly or in a way you cannot explain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#m1)
2. To vanish also means to stop existing, like an animal or a way of life that is gone for ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories things vanish by magic or mystery; magicians make coins vanish with tricks. In science and history some animals and old ways of life have vanished. Phrases: «vanish into thin air», «vanishing act», «vanish without a trace».

### Examples

- The magician made the rabbit vanish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x1)
- My pencil seems to have vanished! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x2)
- The sun vanished behind the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x3)
- The cat vanished under the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x4)
- Many kinds of animals have vanished from the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x5)
- The ghost vanished into thin air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x6)
- The fog vanished as the sun came up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x7)
- The dream was over; it had vanished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb. Same as «disappear», but often more sudden or mysterious. In real life nothing truly vanishes by magic: magic tricks use hiding and distraction. «Vanishing point» in art is where lines seem to meet far away.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to disappear or pass away. In the Psalms it describes creatures that die when God withdraws their breath.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as a sign that all life depends on God each moment.

### Examples

- Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, and return to their dust. (Writings PSA.104.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vanish/#x1)
- What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (Writings JOB.6.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vanish/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb. Same as «disappear», but often more sudden or mysterious. In real life nothing truly vanishes by magic: magic tricks use hiding and distraction. «Vanishing point» in art is where lines seem to meet far away.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vanish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vanish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vanish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «vanish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vanish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vanish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vanish.html) on Mova free.