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Vapours

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Noun

1. blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors, vapours

a state of depression

Example Sentences:
'he had a bad case of the blues'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vapours

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noun

1.

particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc

2.

a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature

Compare gas (sense 3)

3.

a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point

4. rare

something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence

5. the vapours

verb

6.

to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize

7. (intransitive)

to make vain empty boasts; brag

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Vapours

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noun, verb intransitive, verb transitive

British

vapor

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Vapours

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n. & v.
Chiefly British

Variant of vapor.

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