"vapor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈveɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈveɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-vapour.ogg [US], En-us-vapor.ogg [US] Forms: vapors [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vapour}} Middle English vapour, {{der|en|xno|vapour}} Anglo-Norman vapour, {{der|en|fro|vapor}} Old French vapor, {{der|en|la|vapor|t=steam, heat}} Latin vapor (“steam, heat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vapor (countable and uncountable, plural vapors)
  1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gases, Matter Translations (cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume): изпаре́ние (izparénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), höyry (Finnish), höyry (Ingrian), па́реа (párea) [feminine] (Macedonian), испару́вање (isparúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), mamaoa (Maori), ulop (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-noun-eudB6PQk Disambiguation of Gases: 35 17 5 9 4 6 3 4 3 11 3 Disambiguation of Matter: 36 17 5 8 4 6 3 3 2 11 3 Disambiguation of 'cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume': 67 9 6 7 3 8
  2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid): avull [masculine] (Albanian), ἀτμός (atmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἀτμίς (atmís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بُخَار (buḵār) [masculine] (Arabic), գոլորշի (golorši) (Armenian), vapor [masculine] (Asturian), buxar (Azerbaijani), па́ра (pára) [feminine] (Belarusian), пар (par) [masculine] (Belarusian), বাষ্প (baśpo) (Bengali), ভাপ (bhap) (Bengali), па́ра (pára) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အခိုးအငွေ့ (a.hkui:a.ngwe.) (Burmese), အခိုး (a.hkui:) (Burmese), vapor [masculine] (Catalan), 蒸氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 蒸气 (zhēngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), buv (Crimean Tatar), pára [feminine] (Czech), damp [common-gender] (Danish), damp [masculine] (Dutch), aur (Estonian), höyry (Finnish), vapeur [feminine] (French), vapor [masculine] (Galician), ორთქლი (ortkli) (Georgian), Dampf [masculine] (German), ατμός (atmós) [masculine] (Greek), אֵד (ed) [masculine] (Hebrew), वाष्प (vāṣp) [masculine] (Hindi), भाप (bhāp) [masculine] (Hindi), उनाह (unāh) (Hindi), gőz (Hungarian), pára (Hungarian), gufa [feminine] (Icelandic), uap (Indonesian), höyry (Ingrian), vapor (Interlingua), gas [masculine] (Italian), vapore [masculine] (Italian), 気体 (kitai) (alt: きたい) (Japanese), 蒸気 (jōki) (alt: じょうき) (Japanese), бу (bu) (Kazakh), ចំហាយ (cɑmhaay) (Khmer), 증기 (jeunggi) (alt: 蒸氣) (Korean), буу (buu) (Kyrgyz), пар (par) (Kyrgyz), ໄອ (ʼai) (Lao), ອາຍນ້ຳ (ʼāi nam) (Lao), vapor [masculine] (Latin), nīdor [masculine] (Latin), tvaiks [masculine] (Latvian), garai [masculine, plural, singular] (Lithuanian), па́реа (párea) [feminine] (Macedonian), wap (Malay), fwar [masculine] (Maltese), wairehu (Maori), बाष्प (bāṣpa) (Marathi), वाफ (vāph) (Marathi), уур манан (uur manan) (Mongolian), уурших (uuršix) (Mongolian), уур (uur) (Mongolian), siil (Navajo), बाफ (bāph) (Nepali), був (buv) (Nogai), damp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vapor [feminine] (Occitan), ବାଷ୍ପ (baṣpô) (Odia), بخار (boxâr) (Persian), Donst [masculine] (Plautdietsch), para [feminine] (Polish), vapor [masculine] (Portuguese), abur [masculine] (Romanian), пар (par) [masculine] (Russian), газ (gaz) [masculine] (Russian), वाष्प (vāṣpa) (Sanskrit), नभस् (nabhas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), deatach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), пара [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), para [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), para [feminine] (Slovak), para [feminine] (Slovene), буу (buu) (Southern Altai), vapor [masculine] (Spanish), saab (Sundanese), ånga [common-gender] (Swedish), singaw (Tagalog), бухор (buxor) (Tajik), буғ (buġ) (Tajik), ไอ (ai) (Thai), ไอน้ำ (ai-náam) (Thai), buhar (Turkish), bug (Turkmen), па́ра (pára) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пар (par) [masculine] (Ukrainian), بھاپ (bhāp) [masculine] (Urdu), اناہ (unāh) [masculine] (Urdu), بۇغ (bugh) (Uyghur), پار (par) (Uyghur), bugʻ (Uzbek), par (Uzbek), hơi (Vietnamese), паар (paar) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-noun-i0Auto07 Disambiguation of 'the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid': 5 90 2 1 1 1
  3. Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-noun-55p1ByLK
  4. (dated) Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour. Tags: US, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-noun-3-8X8v7b
  5. (archaic, in the plural) Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder. Tags: US, archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-noun-38gH--z0
  6. (obsolete) Wind; flatulence. Tags: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-noun-nFbiK3~F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vapour [UK]

Verb

IPA: /ˈveɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈveɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-vapour.ogg [US], En-us-vapor.ogg [US] Forms: vapors [present, singular, third-person], vaporing [participle, present], vapored [participle, past], vapored [past]
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vapour}} Middle English vapour, {{der|en|xno|vapour}} Anglo-Norman vapour, {{der|en|fro|vapor}} Old French vapor, {{der|en|la|vapor|t=steam, heat}} Latin vapor (“steam, heat”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} vapor (third-person singular simple present vapors, present participle vaporing, simple past and past participle vapored)
  1. (intransitive) To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor. Tags: US, intransitive
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-verb-Fz6Oj6TL
  2. (transitive) To turn into vapor. Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-verb-x7oPSk-l
  3. To emit vapor or fumes. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-verb-lixDal8j
  4. (intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster. Tags: US, intransitive Translations (intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster): хваля се (hvalja se) (Bulgarian), vaahdota (Finnish), prahlen (German), 管を巻く (alt: くだをまく, kuda o maku) (Japanese), 粋がる (ikigaru) (alt: いきがる) (Japanese), 威張り散らす (ibarichirasu) (alt: いばりちらす) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-verb-oO~gGk99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 16 11 2 20 9 2 2 28 2 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster': 2 1 0 96 1
  5. (transitive) To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore. Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-vapor-en-verb-4NMyuE34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vapour [UK] Related terms: dew point, get the vapors

Inflected forms

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          "word": "বাষ্প"
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          "roman": "bhap",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ভাপ"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "蒸氣"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēngqì",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
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          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pára"
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          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
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          "word": "damp"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "aur"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "höyry"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "vapeur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vapor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ortkli",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ორთქლი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dampf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "atmós",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ατμός"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "atmós",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ἀτμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "atmís",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀτμίς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ed",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אֵד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vāṣp",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वाष्प"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhāp",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "भाप"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "unāh",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "उनाह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "gőz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "pára"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gufa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "uap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "höyry"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "vapor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vapore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "alt": "きたい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kitai",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "気体"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "alt": "じょうき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jōki",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "蒸気"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bu",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "бу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɑmhaay",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ចំហាយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "alt": "蒸氣",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeunggi",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "증기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "buu",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "буу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "par",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "пар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼai",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ໄອ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼāi nam",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ອາຍນ້ຳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vapor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nīdor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tvaiks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "garai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "párea",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па́реа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "wap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fwar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "wairehu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "bāṣpa",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "बाष्प"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "vāph",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "वाफ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "uur manan",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "уур манан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "uuršix",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "уурших"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "uur",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "уур"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "siil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "bāph",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "बाफ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "buv",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "був"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "damp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vapor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "baṣpô",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ବାଷ୍ପ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "boxâr",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "بخار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Donst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "para"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vapor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "par",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gaz",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "газ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "vāṣpa",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "वाष्प"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "nabhas",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "नभस्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deatach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пара"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "para"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "para"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "para"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "buu",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "буу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vapor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "saab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ånga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "singaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "buxor",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "бухор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "buġ",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "буғ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ai",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ไอ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ai-náam",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "ไอน้ำ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "buhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "bug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pára",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па́ра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "par",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "bhāp",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بھاپ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "unāh",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اناہ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "bugh",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "بۇغ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "par",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "پار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "bugʻ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "par"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "hơi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 90 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "paar",
          "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
          "word": "паар"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1781, Horace Walpole, \" \"",
          "text": "I am at this present very sick of my little vapour of fame.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1822, Charles Perkins, An Oration, page 19",
          "text": "The press operates as a safety-valve for the vapor of popular ebullision.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1875, Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the General Epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude, page 80",
          "text": "The previous question had turned the attention to life as something peculiarly frail, and as of such a nature that no calculation could be based on its permanence. This expression gives a reason for that, to wit, that it is a mere vapor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Martin Heidegger, An Introduction to Metaphysics, page 50",
          "text": "Here we can explain only in these broad outlines why the asking of the question of being is in itself through and through historical, and why, accordingly, our question as to whether being will remain a mere vapor for us or become the destiny of the West is anything but an exaggeration and a rhetorical figure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting."
      ],
      "id": "en-vapor-en-noun-55p1ByLK",
      "links": [
        [
          "insubstantial",
          "insubstantial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1836, Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis, Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, Charles Cowan, Pathological Researches on Phthisis, page 287",
          "text": "Sulphurous fumes have also been recommended, as well as diffusing a variety of vapors in the apartment of the patient; on their beneficial or injurious effects we are unable to speak.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1854 November, Samuel A. Cartwright, “The Case of a Lady in a sugar-house, with Aphonic, Haemorrhagic, Tubercular Phthisis in the Softening State”, in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 51, number 14, page 275",
          "text": "Hence the vapor, so useful in expanding the compressed tissues and enabling the air to permeate and expand the contracted parenchyma in consumption, causes a sensation of great fatigue in asthma.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1861, Charles Mathews, On fumigation of the lungs, throat, &c, page 1",
          "text": "Professor Matthews has at length the pleasure, after much unaboidable delay, of respectfully announcin to the Faculty, that he is prepared to fill their prescriptions by any practicable formula, in the use of his new method of applying medicinal vapors to the lungs, air-passages, & c., by means of the Multiform Fumigator .",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944, Quarterly Review of Otorhinolaryngology and Broncho-esophagology, page 68",
          "text": "The physician can now prescribe medicinal vapors to be dropped on some cotton placed inside the inhaler.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour."
      ],
      "id": "en-vapor-en-noun-3-8X8v7b",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicinal",
          "medicinal"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jan 13, 1732, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift\nHe talks me into a fit of vapours twice or thrice a week."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder."
      ],
      "id": "en-vapor-en-noun-38gH--z0",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hypochondria",
          "hypochondria"
        ],
        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ],
        [
          "blues",
          "blues"
        ],
        [
          "hysteria",
          "hysteria"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "испару́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume",
      "word": "mamaoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "cloudy diffused matter — see also mist, steam, fume",
      "word": "ulop"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avull"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "buḵār",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بُخَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "golorši",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "գոլորշի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "buxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pára",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "par",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "baśpo",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "বাষ্প"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bhap",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ভাপ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pára",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.hkui:a.ngwe.",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "အခိုးအငွေ့"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.hkui:",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "အခိုး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "蒸氣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēngqì",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "蒸气"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "buv"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pára"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "damp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damp"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "aur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "höyry"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vapeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ortkli",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ორთქლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dampf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "atmós",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ατμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "atmós",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀτμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "atmís",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀτμίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ed",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אֵד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vāṣp",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वाष्प"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhāp",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "भाप"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "unāh",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "उनाह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "gőz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "pára"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gufa"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "uap"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "höyry"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitai",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "気体"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōki",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "蒸気"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bu",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "бу"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cɑmhaay",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ចំហាយ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "蒸氣",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeunggi",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "증기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "buu",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "буу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "par",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "пар"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼai",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ໄອ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼāi nam",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ອາຍນ້ຳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nīdor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvaiks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "garai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "párea",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́реа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "wap"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fwar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "wairehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bāṣpa",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "बाष्प"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vāph",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "वाफ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "uur manan",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "уур манан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "uuršix",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "уурших"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "uur",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "уур"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "siil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "bāph",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "बाफ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "buv",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "був"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damp"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "baṣpô",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ବାଷ୍ପ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "boxâr",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "بخار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Donst"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "para"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "par",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gaz",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "газ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vāṣpa",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "वाष्प"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nabhas",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "नभस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deatach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "para"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "para"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "para"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "buu",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "буу"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "saab"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ånga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "singaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "buxor",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "бухор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "buġ",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "буғ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ai",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ไอ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ai-náam",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "ไอน้ำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "buhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "bug"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pára",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "par",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bhāp",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بھاپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "unāh",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اناہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bugh",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "بۇغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "par",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "پار"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "bugʻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "par"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "hơi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "paar",
      "sense": "the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid",
      "word": "паар"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vapor"
  ],
  "word": "vapor"
}

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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪpə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Gases",
    "en:Matter"
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      "name": "inh"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "vapors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaporing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "dew point"
    },
    {
      "word": "get the vapors"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor."
      ],
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        "US",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "to vapor away a heated fluid"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1617, Ben Jonson, Lovers Made Men",
          "text": "He'd […]laugh to see one throw his heart away, / Another, sighing, vapour forth his soul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn into vapor."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To turn into vapor."
      ],
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        "US",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To emit vapor or fumes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Bisara of Pooree”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 172",
          "text": "He vapoured, and fretted, and fumed, and trotted up and down, and tried to make himself pleasing in Miss Hollis's big, quiet, grey eyes, and failed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, “Saki”, ‘Reginald's Christmas Revel’, Reginald",
          "text": "then the Major gave us a graphic account of a struggle he had with a wounded bear. I privately wished that the bears would win sometimes on these occasions; at least they wouldn't go vapouring about it afterwards.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.",
          "text": "[…] an amusing character all but extinct now, but occasionally to be encountered […] vaporing in the groggeries along the tow-path.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 513",
          "text": "He felt he would start vapouring with devotion if this went on, so he bruptly took his leave with a cold expression on his face which dismayed her for she thought that it was due to distain for her artistic opinions.",
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        }
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        "To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster."
      ],
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          "boast"
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          "bluster",
          "bluster"
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        "(intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster."
      ],
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        "US",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.9",
          "text": "“I only mean,” cried she, giddily, “that he might have some place a little more pleasant to live in, for really that old moat and draw-bridge are enough to vapour him to death […].”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore."
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        "(transitive) To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore."
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        "US",
        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/ˈveɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈveɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-eɪpə(ɹ)"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvalja se",
      "sense": "intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster",
      "word": "хваля се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster",
      "word": "vaahdota"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster",
      "word": "prahlen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くだをまく, kuda o maku",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster",
      "word": "管を巻く"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いきがる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikigaru",
      "sense": "intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster",
      "word": "粋がる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いばりちらす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ibarichirasu",
      "sense": "intransitive: to use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster",
      "word": "威張り散らす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vapor"
}

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