Dissipated - English meaning

adjective

Having been deserted or left.

Usage examples:

An abandoned car

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

verb

Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry).

Usage examples:

The report attempted to educate the public and allay fears

verb

To make a negative emotion less strong or a problem less difficult

Usage examples:

I was nervous, but seeing her allayed my fears.

verb

Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.

Usage examples:

A number of people were banished to siberia for political crimes

verb

To send someone away and forbid the person to come back

Usage examples:

He was banished from his sister's house., their goal is to banish war forever.

noun

See burr (sense 2 of the noun, sense 3 of the noun, sense 5 of the noun, sense 6 of the noun).

abbreviation

Burma (international vehicle registration).

noun

A whirring sound, such as a phone ringing tone or the sound of cogs turning.

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Indulging in or characterized by excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

Usage examples:

A debauched lifestyle

verb

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

Usage examples:

He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament

adjective

Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.

Usage examples:

A decaying, decadent britain

noun

A person who is luxuriously self-indulgent.

Usage examples:

For half a million dollars, he offers rich decadents the chance to lead a deadly safari

adjective

A decadent person or group has low moral standards

Usage examples:

A decadent society, the decadent court surrounding the king, humorous champagne and chocolates for …

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Usage examples:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Usage examples:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

Usage examples:

The quality of life had degenerated

verb

Become free of physical substance.

Usage examples:

Radio words dematerialize, lost the moment they're uttered.

verb

To replace certificates (= paper documents) by a system in which shares, etc. are bought, sold, and stored electronically

Usage examples:

The investor can dematerialize only those certificates that are already registered in his name., th…

verb

Use up the supply or resources of.

Usage examples:

Reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought

verb

To reduce something in size or amount, esp. supplies, energy, or money

Usage examples:

Acid rain depletes the region’s fish stocks., [ u ] the depletion of our savings is starting to wor…

verb

To reduce the amount or size of something, especially a supply of energy, an amount of money, etc.

Usage examples:

Healthcare for a sick patient can quickly deplete retirement savings.

adjective

Morally corrupt; wicked.

Usage examples:

He was a depraved lecher

verb

Make (someone) immoral or wicked.

Usage examples:

This book would deprave and corrupt young children

adjective

Morally bad or evil

Usage examples:

A depraved character/mind, someone who can kill a child like that must be totally depraved.

verb

Cease to be visible.

Usage examples:

He disappeared into the trees

verb

(of a person or thing) to go to a place or into a condition where the person or thing cannot be seen

Usage examples:

She disappeared into the house., he disappeared for a few hours (= went somewhere unknown)., they w…

verb

Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.

Usage examples:

The brightness of the day did nothing to dispel elaine's dejection

verb

To remove fears, doubts, or false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary

Usage examples:

We need to dispel the myths and establish real facts.

verb

Distribute or spread over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes

adjective

Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase, as in a colloid.

Usage examples:

Emulsions should be examined after storage for droplet size of the disperse phase

verb

To scatter or move away over a large area, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] it took several hours for the crowd to disperse.

adjective

(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute

adjective

Showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral

Usage examples:

A dissolute life

verb

(with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.

Usage examples:

Glucose dissolves easily in water

noun

An act or instance of moving gradually from one image or scene in a film to another.

Usage examples:

The alternatives to a cut are fades or dissolves

verb

To be absorbed or to cause a solid to be absorbed by a liquid, or of a liquid to absorb a solid

Usage examples:

[ t ] dissolve two teaspoons of yeast in warm water., [ t ] they decided to dissolve the partnership.

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

verb

Pass out of sight, memory, or existence.

Usage examples:

Water moves among reeds, evanesces, shines

verb

To disappear or be forgotten

Usage examples:

It does not take long for the memory of past achievements to evanesce.

verb

Turn from liquid into vapour.

Usage examples:

Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated

verb

To cause a liquid to change to a gas, esp. by heating

Usage examples:

[ i ] some water evaporates to form clouds., [ i ] the issue of global warming is not just going to…

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

noun

Waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or other machine in the course of its operation.

Usage examples:

Buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust

verb

To make a person or an animal extremely tired

Usage examples:

The long hike up the mountain exhausted us all., after a whole day with the kids, her patience was …

verb

Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).

Usage examples:

The energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas

verb

To use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

They expend all their energy fixing up their house.

verb

To use or spend something, especially time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

Expend energy/effort/time why do firms expend effort investing abroad, rather than staying home and…

adjective

Not sensible or restrained; excessive.

Usage examples:

Immoderate drinking

adjective

Too much or many, or more than is usual or reasonable

Usage examples:

Immoderate drinking, immoderate demands

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

Usage examples:

Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Mixed with foreign matter; adulterated.

Usage examples:

An impure form of heroin

adjective

Mixed with other substances and therefore harmful or lower in quality

Usage examples:

Impure drinking water, impurities are removed from the blood by the kidneys.

adjective

Having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate.

Usage examples:

Intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies

adjective

Showing anger or violence that is too extreme and not well controlled

Usage examples:

An intemperate outburst, intemperate language, the governor said he would not be provoked into inte…

adjective

Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Usage examples:

A lavish banquet

verb

Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.

Usage examples:

The media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film

adjective

Spending, giving, or using more than is necessary or reasonable; more than enough

Usage examples:

The team has the most lavish training facility in the league., they live in a lavishly furnished ap…

adjective

Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

Usage examples:

The louche world of the theatre

adjective

Not completely moral or honest, often in an attractive way

Usage examples:

A louche young man approached her on the dance floor.

verb

Spend (one's time or money) foolishly, wrongly, or wastefully.

Usage examples:

He was forced to resign following accusations of misspending public funds

verb

To use time or money in a way that wastes it or is not wise

Usage examples:

We must stop public money being misspent in this way., being a good pool player is usually a sign o…

adjective

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

Usage examples:

Profligate consumers of energy

noun

A licentious, dissolute person.

Usage examples:

He is a drunkard and a profligate

verb

Put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force.

Usage examples:

Extra police were called to quell the disturbance

verb

To completely stop or end something

Usage examples:

The police were called in to quell the riot., he’s been unable to quell his wife’s suspicions.

adjective

Having or displaying a dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality or appearance.

Usage examples:

He had a rakish, debonair look

adjective

(especially of a boat or car) smart and fast-looking, with streamlined angles and curves.

Usage examples:

A rakish chevrolet

adjective

A rakish man, especially a rich man, lives in an immoral way, especially having sex with a lot of women

Usage examples:

He has a rakish air about him., he wore his hat at a rakish angle.

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

noun

A small, dispersed amount of something.

Usage examples:

A scatter of boulders round the pothole mouth

verb

Cause to separate and go in different directions

adjective

Allowing yourself to have or do anything you want

Usage examples:

A lot of the poetry is just self-indulgent nonsense., my parents’ trip to hawaii was an unusual sel…

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

Usage examples:

Sinful men

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

To waste money, or to use something valuable that you have a limited amount of in a bad or foolish way

Usage examples:

Government should not squander the taxpayers’ money., don’t squander your opportunities when you ar…

verb

To waste large amounts of money or other resources

Usage examples:

Fifty-five percent of likely voters are convinced that much of the state's tax money is being squan…

adjective

Not restrained or restricted.

Usage examples:

A display of unrestrained delight

adjective

Not limited in any way

Usage examples:

Unrestrained fury, unrestrained capitalism

verb

Disappear suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

Moira vanished without trace

verb

Become invisible or unnoticeable

verb

To disappear or stop existing, esp. suddenly

Usage examples:

Her smile vanished.

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him