'Dissolve' definitions:
Definition of 'dissolve'
From: WordNet
noun
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
verb
verb
Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, resolve, break up]
verb
Come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" [syn: dissolve, break up]
verb
Stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: disband, dissolve]
verb
Cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
verb
Lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
verb
Cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
verb
Pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
verb
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" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt]
verb
Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: dissolve, break up]
verb
Declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" [syn: dissolve, dismiss]
Definition of 'Dissolve'
From: GCIDE
- Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. i.
- 1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied. [1913 Webster]
- A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. [1913 Webster]
- The charm dissolves apace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dissolve'
From: GCIDE
- Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]
- 1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament. [1913 Webster]
- Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing can dissolve us. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. --The Declaration of Independence. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften. [1913 Webster]
- As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. [1913 Webster]
- Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
- Syn: See Adjourn. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissolve'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- abrogate,
- adjourn,
- annihilate,
- atomize,
- attenuate,
- be annihilated,
- be consumed,
- be destroyed,
- be gone,
- be no more,
- be wiped out,
- blow off,
- break into,
- break up,
- bring to ruin,
- cast forth,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- cipher,
- clear away,
- clear up,
- collapse,
- colliquate,
- come apart,
- conclude,
- condemn,
- confound,
- consume,
- corrode,
- crack up,
- crumble,
- crumble into dust,
- cut,
- damn,
- deactivate,
- deal destruction,
- debrief,
- decay,
- decimate,
- decipher,
- decline,
- decoagulate,
- decoct,
- decompose,
- deliquesce,
- dematerialize,
- demob,
- demobilize,
- demolish,
- depart,
- depredate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- detach,
- devastate,
- devour,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- diffuse,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disappear,
- disband,
- discharge,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- dismiss,
- disorganize,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- do a fade-out,
- dope out,
- drive away,
- dwindle,
- engorge,
- erode,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expire,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fall to pieces,
- figure out,
- finish,
- fission,
- flee,
- fluidify,
- fluidize,
- flux,
- fly,
- fuse,
- go,
- go away,
- go separate ways,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- havoc,
- hide,
- hold in solution,
- incinerate,
- infuse,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- leach,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- let go,
- liquefy,
- liquesce,
- liquidate,
- liquidize,
- lixiviate,
- melt,
- melt away,
- melt down,
- melt into,
- molder,
- muster out,
- part,
- part company,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- percolate,
- perish,
- peter out,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- puzzle out,
- quash,
- ravage,
- recess,
- release,
- resolve,
- retire from sight,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- run,
- scatter,
- separate,
- shatter,
- shipwreck,
- shoot,
- sink,
- sink away,
- solubilize,
- solve,
- split,
- split up,
- sublime,
- suffer an eclipse,
- swallow up,
- terminate,
- thaw,
- thin,
- thin out,
- throw into disorder,
- unclot,
- unfold,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- unravel,
- upheave,
- vacate,
- vandalize,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- vaporize,
- vise,
- void,
- volatilize,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- wind up,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck