vanishes

Vanishes is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb vanish, meaning to disappear suddenly or completely, or to fade away. It can describe objects, people, events, or phenomena that cease to be visible or present.

In everyday use, vanish covers physical disappearance (an object vanishes before your eyes), as well as metaphorical fading (hope vanishes, memories vanish with time). Phrases include vanish into thin air and vanish from sight.

In grammar, vanishes follows standard subject-verb agreement in the present simple: he vanishes, she vanishes, the boat vanishes from view. It functions as an intransitive verb, typically requiring a subject that experiences disappearance or fading.

In mathematics and science, vanishes describes a quantity that is equal to zero. A function or integral can be said to vanish at a point or on a domain, meaning it evaluates to zero there or everywhere. The term is used in contexts such as solving equations, evaluating limits, or discussing asymptotic behavior.

The concept appears in culture and art as well, notably through the idea of a vanishing point in perspective drawing, which marks where parallel lines appear to converge and disappear. Disappearances and vanishings also feature in folklore, journalism, and entertainment, where events are described as vanishing without explanation or trace. The word thus conveys a spectrum from literal physical disappearance to abstract fading and nullification.