DISSOLVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissolve mean? 

• DISSOLVE (noun)
  The noun DISSOLVE has 1 sense:

1. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

  Familiarity information: DISSOLVE used as a noun is very rare.

• DISSOLVE (verb)
  The verb DISSOLVE has 11 senses:

1. become weaker

2. cause to go into a solution

3. come to an end

4. stop functioning or cohering as a unit

5. cause to lose control emotionally

6. lose control emotionally

7. cause to fade away

8. pass into a solution

9. become or cause to become soft or liquid

10. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

11. declare void

  Familiarity information: DISSOLVE used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISSOLVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dissolve" is a kind of...):

transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)

Derivation:

dissolve (become weaker)

• DISSOLVE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become weaker

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dissolve; fade away; fade out

Context example:

The sound faded out

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

dissolve (cause to fade away)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

dissolve ((film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to go into a solution

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

break up; dissolve; resolve

Context example:

The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Cause:

dissolve (pass into a solution)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissolve"):

melt; melt down; run (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating)

cut (dissolve by breaking down the fat of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

dissolution (the process of going into solution)

dissolvent; dissolver (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

dissolving (the process of going into solution)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Come to an end

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

break up; dissolve

Context example:

The tobacco monopoly broke up

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Stop functioning or cohering as a unit

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

disband; dissolve

Context example:

The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

break up (come apart)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cause to lose control emotionally

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

The news dissolved her into tears

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)

Verb group:

dissolve (lose control emotionally)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Lose control emotionally

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

break down; lose it; snap (lose control of one's emotions)

Verb group:

dissolve (cause to lose control emotionally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to fade away

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

dissolve a shot or a picture

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

dissolve; fade away; fade out (become weaker)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissolve"):

etch (selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Pass into a solution

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

dissolution (the process of going into solution)

dissolver (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

dissolving (the process of going into solution)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Become or cause to become soft or liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw

Context example:

dethaw the meat

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

flux; liquefy; liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissolve"):

deliquesce (melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)

de-ice; defrost; deice (make or become free of frost or ice)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

break up; dissolve

Context example:

the judge dissolved the tobacco company

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Verb group:

dismiss; dissolve (declare void)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

dissolution (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))

dissolution (the termination of a meeting)

dissolution (separation into component parts)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Declare void

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dismiss; dissolve

Context example:

The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections

Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

break up; dissolve (bring the association of to an end or cause to break up)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

A formulation containing carmustine dissolved in ethanol for intra-tumoral administration that allows carmustine to enter both aqueous and lipid compartments of the target tissue.

(Carmustine in Ethanol, NCI Thesaurus)

Biotin is water-soluble (can dissolve in water) and must be taken in every day.

(Biotin, NCI Dictionary)

It is water-soluble (can dissolve in water) and must be taken in every day.

(Ascorbic acid, NCI Dictionary)

To destroy tissue using a hot or cold instrument, an electrical current, or a chemical that burns or dissolves the tissue.

(Cauterize, NCI Dictionary)

A chemical solution is put on the skin to dissolve the top layers of skin cells.

(Chemabrasion, NCI Dictionary)

The quantity of a substance per unit volume or weight; a measure of the amount of substance present in a unit amount of mixture, particularly, the amount of solute dissolved in a solvent.

(Concentration, NCI Thesaurus)

It is fat-soluble (can dissolve in fats and oils) and is found in fatty fish, egg yolks, and dairy products.

(Cholecalciferol, NCI Dictionary)

It is fat-soluble (can dissolve in fats and oils) and is found in seeds, nuts, leafy green vegetables, and vegetable oils.

(Alpha-tocopherol, NCI Dictionary)

An electrophoresis gel composed of agarose dissolved in an aqueous buffer.

(Agarose Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

Nitrogen levels are sensitive to the amount of oxygen dissolved in the sea.

(Tectonic collision 50 million years ago led to widespread ocean changes, National Science Foundation)