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Noun: disappearing  `disu'pi(u)ring
  1. The act of leaving secretly or without explanation
    - disappearance
Verb: disappear  `disu'pir [N. Amer], `disu'piu(r) [Brit]
  1. Get lost, as without warning or explanation
    "He disappeared without a trace"
    - vanish, go away
     
  2. Become invisible or unnoticeable
    - vanish, go away
     
  3. Cease to exist
    - vanish
     
  4. Become less intense and fade away gradually
    - melt, evaporate

Derived forms: disappearings

See also: disappearance

Type of: cease, departure, end, finish, going, going away, leaving, stop, terminate, weaken

Antonym: appear

Encyclopedia: Disappear

Disappearing