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Meaning of vapour

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

vapour

noun

Definitions

  1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

  2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

  3. Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

  4. Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.

verb

Definitions

  1. To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.

  2. To turn into vapor.

    Example: to vapor away a heated fluid

  3. To emit vapor or fumes.

  4. To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.