English dictionary

dissipate

/'d/I/s/@/,p/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

to cause to separate and go in different directions

verb.motion

Synonyms break up dispel disperse scatter

Source: WordNet 3.0
move away from each other

verb.motion

Synonyms disperse scatter spread out

Source: WordNet 3.0
spend frivolously and unwisely

verb.consumption

Synonyms fool fool away fritter fritter away frivol away shoot

Source: WordNet 3.0
live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

verb.stative

Source: WordNet 3.0
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

verb

Source: webster1913
To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually <i>dissipates</i> before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body <i>dissipates</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913