[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vanish \van"ish\ va^n"i^sh, v. i. imp.  p. p. vanished
   va^n"i^sht; p. pr.  vb. n. vanishing. oe.
   vanissen, of. vanir in comp.: cf. of. envanir, esvanir,
   esvanu"ir, f. s''evanouir; fr. l. vanus empty, vain; cf.
   l. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. see vain, and cf.
   evanescent,-ish.
   1913 webster
   1. to pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of
      sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the
      sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight
      of spectators on land.
      1913 webster

            the horse vanished . . . out of sight. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            go; vanish into air; away            --shak.
      1913 webster

            the champions vanished from their posts with the
            speed of lightning.                   --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

            gliding from the twilight past to vanish among
            realities.                            --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   2. to be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "all these
      delights will vanish." --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
vanished vanishing vain evanescent -ish 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vanishing \van"ishing\,
   a.  n. from vanish, v.
   1913 webster

   vanishing fraction math., a fraction which reduces to the
      form 0/0 for a particular value of the variable which
      enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a
      common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor
      becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
      --math. dict.

   vanishing line persp., the intersection of the parallel
      of any original plane and the picture; one of the lines
      converging to the vanishing point.

   vanishing point persp., the point to which all parallel
      lines in the same plane tend in the representation.
      --gwilt.

   vanishing stress phon., stress of voice upon the closing
      portion of a syllable. --rush.
      1913 webster
see also:
vanish vanishing fraction vanishing line vanishing point vanishing stress 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vanishing
     adj : quickly going away and passing out of sight; "all i saw was
           his vanishing back" syn: disappearing
     n 1: a sudden or mysterious disappearance
     2: suddenly disappearing from sight
see also:
disappearing 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "vanishing":
   blackout, blocking, dematerialization, departure, disappearance,
   disappearing, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving,
   eclipse, elimination, erasure, evanescence, evanescent,
   evaporating, evaporation, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading,
   fleeting, flying, fugitive, going, melting, occultation, passing,
   transient, vanishing point, wipe

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