evaporate-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) lose liquid; turn from liquid to gas

Examples:
Most of the water in the pool has evaporated.
Evaporate the milk for a better cake.
The chemist evaporated the liquid.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Cause_change_of_phase,Change_of_phase
PropBank: evaporate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3

Sense Number 2: become less intense; fade away

Commentary:
NOTE: This is a metaphorical subsense of sense 1.

Examples:
Her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4