Evaporated

4 definitions found

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

  evaporated \evaporated\ adj.
     reduced in volume by having moisture expelled before canning;
     same as {condensed}, 3; as, unsweetened evaporated milk.
     [prenominal]
  
     Syn: condensed(prenominal).


          [WordNet 1.5]

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

  Evaporate \E*vap"o*rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Evaporated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Evaporating}.] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of
     evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See {Vapor}.]
     1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be
        dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too
        minute to be visible.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to
        be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in
        the process of translation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents
              to evaporate . . . is a safe way.     --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  evaporated
       adj : drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil
             off"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaporated":
     adust, baked, burnt, corky, dehydrated, desiccated, dried,
     dried-up, exsiccated, mummified, parched, scorched, sear, seared,
     sere, shriveled, sun-dried, sunbaked, weazened, wind-dried,
     withered, wizened