[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/vanishing/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) / vanishing

# vanishing

verb form of vanish (vanish, vanishes, vanished, vanishing); adjective (a vanishing act, vanishing species); noun (the vanishing of …)

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

## Everyday

1. Disappearing suddenly or completely, so you cannot see it any more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#m1)
2. Becoming fewer or smaller until almost gone: vanishing forests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#m2)
3. In art and maths: the vanishing point is where parallel lines in a perspective drawing seem to meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#m3)

### In the lessons

A story, science and art word. In Alice in Wonderland the Cheshire Cat keeps vanishing, sometimes slowly, beginning with the tail and ending with the grin, which stays after the rest has gone. Magicians do vanishing tricks. In science and geography: vanishing habitats and species are in danger. In art lessons you draw roads and railway lines meeting at a vanishing point.

### Examples

- The Cheshire Cat began vanishing, starting with its tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x1)
- The magician did a vanishing trick with a coin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x2)
- The sun was vanishing behind the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x3)
- Rainforests are vanishing because of logging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x4)
- Draw the road narrowing to a vanishing point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x5)
- Every time I buy biscuits they keep vanishing! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x6)
- The ship was vanishing over the horizon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x7)
- Neither man nor horse woke till the coach was seen vanishing away in the distance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/#x8)

### Note

From the regular verb «vanish». Similar: disappearing. «Do a vanishing act» (informal) = leave suddenly when needed.

## On Mova

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