dissolve
/di'zɔlv/
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Definition
Verb:
- To cause a solid substance to mix with a liquid and become part of it: To make something, especially a solid, disappear into a liquid, forming a solution.
- To officially end or terminate something: To bring an association, organization, or legal bond to an end.
- To disappear or fade away gradually: To become weaker, less distinct, or to disintegrate.
- To lose emotional control: To break down emotionally, often into tears or laughter.
Noun:
- A cinematic transition: A gradual visual transition in film or video where one scene fades out while the next fades in, often overlapping briefly.
Usage Examples
Verb (To mix into a liquid):
- Stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Salt dissolves easily in water.
Verb (To officially end):
- The board voted to dissolve the partnership.
- The monarch has the power to dissolve parliament.
Verb (To fade or disappear):
- The morning fog began to dissolve as the sun rose.
- His anger dissolved when he heard the apology.
Verb (To lose emotional control):
- She dissolved into laughter at the silly joke.
- Upon hearing the sad news, he dissolved into tears.
Noun (Cinematic transition):
- The director used a dissolve to indicate the passage of time.
Advanced Usage
"to dissolve into": To change into a different state, especially an emotional one.
- The formal debate dissolved into chaos.
- Her stern expression dissolved into a warm smile.
"to dissolve away": To gradually disappear or diminish.
- All her doubts dissolved away after the successful test.
Variants and Related Words
Dissolvable (adj): Capable of being dissolved.
- These tablets are dissolvable in liquid.
Dissolution (n): The act or process of dissolving or ending something formally.
- The dissolution of the company was announced yesterday.
Dissolvent (n): A solvent; a liquid capable of dissolving another substance.
Synonyms
- Melt: To change from a solid to a liquid state, often due to heat.
- Disband: To break up and cause to cease existing (for a group).
- Terminate: To bring to an end.
- Fade: To lose clarity or brightness gradually.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Dissolve in/into: To mix into a liquid; to transition into a different state.
- Dissolve the powder into the warm water.
- The serious discussion dissolved in laughter.
Related Idioms
Dissolve in tears: To begin crying uncontrollably.
- The emotional ending of the movie made her dissolve in tears.
Dissolve like sugar in water: To disappear or be absorbed very quickly and easily.
- The tension in the room dissolved like sugar in water once the misunderstanding was cleared up.
Noun
- (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Verb
- declare void
- The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- The decree officially dissolved the marriage
- the judge dissolved the tobacco company
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- The sun melted the ice
- the ice thawed
- the ice cream melted
- The heat melted the wax
- The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase
- dethaw the meat
- pass into a solution
- The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
- cause to fade away
- dissolve a shot or a picture
- lose control emotionally
- She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme
- cause to lose control emotionally
- The news dissolved her into tears
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
- come to an end
- Their marriage dissolved
- The tobacco monopoly broke up
- cause to go into a solution
- The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
- become weaker
- The sound faded out