dissolve

noun

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

Definition categories: communication, transition

verb

1. become weaker

Definition categories: change, turn

2. cause to go into a solution

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

Similar word(s): resolve

Definition categories: change

3. come to an end

- Their marriage dissolved

Definition categories: change, end, terminate

4. stop functioning or cohering as a unit

- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting

Similar word(s): disband

Definition categories: motion

5. cause to lose control emotionally

- The news dissolved her into tears

Definition categories: emotion, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset

6. lose control emotionally

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

Definition categories: emotion, snap

7. cause to fade away

- dissolve a shot or a picture

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

8. pass into a solution

- The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee

Definition categories: change, disintegrate

9. become or cause to become soft or liquid

- The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase

Similar word(s): dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw

Definition categories: change, flux, liquefy, liquify

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

- The decree officially dissolved the marriage

- the judge dissolved the tobacco company

Definition categories: change, end, terminate

11. declare void

- The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections

Similar word(s): dismiss

Definition categories: change, alter, modify