Overview of noun sublimate

The noun sublimate has 1 sense

• sublimate -- (the product of vaporization of a solid)

Overview of verb sublimate

The verb sublimate has 5 senses

• sublimate -- (direct energy or urges into useful activities)


• rarefy, sublimate, subtilize -- (make more subtle or refined)


• purify, sublimate, make pure, distill -- (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water")


• sublime, sublimate -- (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated")


• sublime, sublimate -- (vaporize and then condense right back again)

Overview of adj sublimate

The adj sublimate has 1 sense

• sublimate -- (made pure)