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vapors

The correct spelling is vapors.

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noun

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The correct spelling is vapors. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. For example: "to vapor away a heated fluid"

Usage Examples

to vapor away a heated fluid

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
  2. 2.The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
  3. 3.Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
  4. 4.Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
  5. 5.(in the plural) Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.

verb

  1. 1.To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
  2. 2.To turn into vapor.
  3. 3.To emit vapor or fumes.
  4. 4.To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
  5. 5.To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore.

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