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vapour in English
- vapour⇄expr. the vapours, (Archaic.) low spirits; hypochondria, hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
Ex. I had sent for him in a fit of the vapours (Stanley J. Weyman). - vapour⇄expr. vapours,
a. exhalations once considered in medical circles to be injurious to the health, and to originate especially in the stomach.
Ex. vapours from an empty stomach (Daniel Defoe).
b. a condition once supposed to be caused by - vapour⇄noun vapourer.
- vapour⇄noun 1. moisture that can be seen, such as steam from boiling water or fog or mist.
Ex. the vapour of the morning mist.
2. a gas formed when a solid or liquid substance is sufficiently heated. A ?gas is a substance that at ordinary temperatu - vapour⇄v.i. 1. to rise, ascend, or pass off as vapour.
2. to give or send out vapour, steam, or gas; emit vapours or exhalations.
3. (Figurative.) to use blustering or grandiloquent language; brag, swagger, or boast.
Ex. Strutting and vapour - vapour⇄v.t. 1. to cause to rise or ascend in the form of a vapour.
Ex. Then, upon a gentle heat, vapour away all the spirit of wine (Francis Bacon).
2. to give (a person) the vapours; depress or bore.
3. to boast; swagger; brag. - vapour⇄vapour, noun, verb,
(Especially British)