Definition of dissipates Dissipates
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What does dissipates mean?
Part of speech
š¤- dissipates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of dissipate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| dissipate - live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption | ||
| live lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" | ||
| dissipate - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; | ||
| disperse, scatter, spread out | ||
| part, split, separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | ||
| aerosolise, aerosolize disperse as an aerosol; "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| volley utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses" | ||
| dissipate - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" | ||
| disperse, dispel, break up, scatter | ||
| divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| disband stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" | ||
| dissipate - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" | ||
| fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away | ||
| ware, squander, consume, waste engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" | ||
| deplete, run through, use up, eat up, exhaust, consume, eat, wipe out finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- dissipate (Verb)
To drive away, disperse. - dissipate (Verb)
To use up or waste. - dissipate (Verb)
To vanish by dispersion.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- dissipate (v. t.)
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. - dissipate (v. t.)
To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. - dissipate (v. i.)
To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates. - dissipate (v. i.)
To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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dissipate
disā²i-pÄt, v.t. to scatter: to squander: to waste.āv.i. to separate and disappear: to waste away: (coll.) to be dissolute in conduct.āadj. Dissā²ipable, that may be dissipated.āp.adj. Dissā²ipated, dissolute, esp. addicted to drinking.ān. DissipÄā²tion, dispersion: state of being dispersed: scattered attention: a dissolute course of life, esp. hard drinking.āadj. Dissā²ipative, tending to dissipate or disperse: connected with the dissipation of energy. [L. dissipÄre, -Ätumādis, asunder, and obs. supÄre, which appears in insipÄre, to throw into.]
Part of speech
š¤- dissipate, verb, present, 1st person singular of dissipate (infinitive).
- dissipate, verb (infinitive).
