Dissipate: Definition with Dissipate Pictures and Photos

Definition of Dissipate

1. Verb. To cause to separate and go in different directions. "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Exact synonyms: Break Up, Dispel, Disperse, Scatter
Specialized synonyms: Disband
Generic synonyms: Divide, Separate
Derivative terms: Dispersion, Dissipation, Scatter, Scatter, Scattering, Scattering

2. Verb. Move away from each other. "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

Exact synonyms: Disperse, Scatter, Spread Out
Specialized synonyms: Aerosolise, Aerosolize, Break, Volley
Generic synonyms: Part, Separate, Split
Derivative terms: Dispersion, Dissipation, Scatter, Scatter, Scattering

3. Verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely. "Fritter away one's inheritance"

Exact synonyms: Fool, Fool Away, Fritter, Fritter Away, Frivol Away, Shoot
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Generic synonyms: Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste
Derivative terms: Dissipation

4. Verb. Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption.

Generic synonyms: Live
Derivative terms: Dissipation

Definition of Dissipate

1. v. t. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

2. v. i. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.