Definizione monolingua

vapour

vapour (third-person singular simple present vapours, present participle vapouring, simple past and past participle vapoured)

1. (intransitive) To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.
2. (transitive) To turn into vapour.
3. (intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Bisara of Pooree’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, p. 172:

     He vapoured, and fretted, and fumed, and trotted up and down, and tried to make himself pleasing in Miss Holliss big, quiet, grey eyes, and failed.

   • 1904, “Saki”, ‘Reginalds Christmas Revel’, Reginald:

     then the Major gave us a graphic account of a struggle he had with a wounded bear. I privately wished that the bears would win sometimes on these occasions; at least they wouldnt go vapouring about it afterwards.

   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 513:

     He felt he would start vapouring with devotion if this went on, so he bruptly took his leave with a cold expression on his face which dismayed her for she thought that it was due to distain for her artistic opinions.

vapour (uncountable)

1. The gas phase component of a liquid or solid.
2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

Definizione dizionario vapour

	vapore
	the gas phase component of a liquid or solid

gas

Altri significati:

The gas phase component of a liquid or solid.

(intransitive) To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

(intransitive) To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.

(transitive) To turn into vapour.

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