EGAVE

sublimate

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
  2. verb To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
  3. verb To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  4. verb To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
  5. verb To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning. To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity. To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation. To purify or refine (a substance).
  6. verb To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
  7. verb To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
  8. verb To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation.

Similar words

purify sublime purified distill rarefy subtilize refined pure make pure corrosive

Often followed by

solution and the is of in their his or

Word family

sublimated sublimates sublimating sublimation sublimations

Save “sublimate” to learn later