vanishing
part of speech
verb form of vanish (vanish, vanishes, vanished, vanishing); adjective (a vanishing act, vanishing species); noun (the vanishing of …)
meaning for a pupil
1) Disappearing suddenly or completely, so you cannot see it any more. tree →
2) Becoming fewer or smaller until almost gone: vanishing forests. tree →
3) In art and maths: the vanishing point is where parallel lines in a perspective drawing seem to meet. tree →
sense 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 →
- The magician did a vanishing trick with a coin. tree →
- The sun was vanishing behind the hills. tree →
- Rainforests are vanishing because of logging. tree →
- Draw the road narrowing to a vanishing point. tree →
- Every time I buy biscuits they keep vanishing! tree →
- The ship was vanishing over the horizon. tree →
- Neither man nor horse woke till the coach was seen vanishing away in the distance. tree →
note
From the regular verb «vanish». Similar: disappearing. «Do a vanishing act» (informal) = leave suddenly when needed.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vanishing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.