[verb] - to (cause a liquid to) change to a gaseous form, esp. by heating, or (figurative) to disappearThe high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates. [I]Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves. [T](figurative) Halfway through the film reality evaporates and we enter a world of pure fantasy. [I]Evaporated milk is milk which has been thickened by evaporating some of the water from it, and it is used in sweet dishes.
EVAPORATE
Meaning of EVAPORATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012