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vaporizing

/ˈveɪpəˌraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈveɪpəˌɹaɪzɪŋ/

Meanings
verb
To turn into vapor.

Examples :

"The boiling water was vaporizing into steam. "
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vapor noun

/ˈveɪpə/ /ˈveɪpɚ/

Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

"The hot shower created a visible vapor in the bathroom. "

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turn verb

/tɜːn/ /tɝn/

(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.

"The dog turned sharply to chase a squirrel. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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boiling verb

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

"Boil some water in a pan."

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into preposition

/ˈɪn.tuː/ /ˈɪn.tu/

To or towards the inside of.

"Mary danced into the house."

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steam noun

/stiːm/

The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.

"The hot shower produced a lot of steam. "

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water noun

/ˈwoːtə/ /ˈwɑtəɹ/ [woːʔɐ] [ˈwaːʈər] /ˈwoːtɘ/ /ˈwɔːtə/ /ˈwɔtəɹ/

A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

"By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."