 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dissolve
noun: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the
next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene
fades out
verb
1: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should
dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: {resolve},
{break up}]
2: pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the
coffee"
3: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {fade out}, {fade
away}]
4: come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco
monopoly broke up" [syn: {break up}]
5: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing
of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn:
{disband}]
6: cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her
into tears"
7: lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she
heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid
scheme"
8: cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
9: 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: {thaw}, {unfreeze}, {unthaw}, {dethaw}, {melt}]
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" [syn: {break up}]
11: declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and
called for new elections" [syn: {dismiss}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. --Shak.
2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to
sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
--Fairfax.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another. --The
Declaration of
Independence.
3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture,
etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears. --Shak.
4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. ''Dissolved the
mystery.'' --Tennyson.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. --Dan. v.
16.
5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. --Dryden.
6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as,
to dissolve an injunction.
Syn: See {Adjourn}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or
broken up.
2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
A figure
Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. --Shak.
3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
The charm dissolves apace. --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
187 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissolve":
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
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