vapor

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Synonyms: vapour, valor, sapor, vapo, kapor, aapor, vaper, vator

Antonyms: vapour, valor, sapor, vapo, kapor, aapor, vaper, vator

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Noun

1. [[cloud|Cloudy]] diffused matter such as [[mist]], [[steam]] or [[fume]]s suspended in the [[air]].
2. The [[gaseous]] state of a substance that is normally a [[solid]] or [[liquid]].
3. {{lb|en|idiomatic}} Something [[insubstantial]], [[fleeting]], or [[transitory]]; [[unreal]] [[fancy]]; [[vain]] [[imagination]]; [[idle]] [[talk]]; [[boasting]].
4. {{lb|en|dated}} Any [[medicinal]] [[agent]] designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.<!--{{rfquotek|en|Brit. Pharm}}-->
5. {{lb|en|archaic|in the plural}} [[hypochondria|Hypochondria]]; [[melancholy]]; the [[blues]]; [[hysteria]], or other nervous disorder.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[wind|Wind]]; [[flatulence]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To turn into vapor.
3. To emit vapor or fumes.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To use insubstantial language; to [[boast]] or [[bluster]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give (someone) the vapors; to [[depress]], to [[bore]].

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