sublimate

Noun
  1. The product of vaporization of a solid (synset 115086851)
    is a type of: gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
    subtypes: bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate, mercuric chloride, mercury chloride - a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative
Adjective
  1. Made pure (synset 301913797)
    similar to: pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind
Verb
  1. Direct energy or urges into useful activities (synset 201957386)
    is a type of: airt, redirect - channel into a new direction
    subtypes: desexualise, desexualize - direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
  2. Make more subtle or refined (synset 200553215)
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: rarefy, subtilize
  3. Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation (synset 200476114)
    "purify the water"
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
    subtypes:
    • rectify, refine - reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
    • purge - rid of impurities
    same as: distill, make pure, purify
    verb group: distil, distill - undergo the process of distillation
  4. Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting (synset 200366673)
    "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
    is a type of: aerify, gasify, vaporise, vaporize - turn into gas
    same as: sublime
  5. Vaporize and then condense right back again (synset 200366463)
    entail:
    • condense - cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
    • evaporate, vaporise, vaporize - lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    subtypes: resublime - sublime (a compound) once again
    same as: sublime

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