To disappear quickly; pass from a visible to an invisible state; become imperceptible.To pass out of view; pass beyond the limit of vision; disappear gradually; fade away.To pass away; be annihilated or lost; be no more.To rise or be given off, as breath; exhale.In mathematics, to become zero.n. In phonetics, a sound with which another principal sound vanishes or ends, as the ē-sound of ā (the i in ei as pronounced in veil), or the ö-sound of ō (the u in ou as pronounced in soul).