Dissolve (Verb)
Meaning 1
Declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture".
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Meaning 3
Cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 4
Pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
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".
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Meaning 6
Come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up".
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Meaning 7
Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water".
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Meaning 8
Become weaker; "The sound faded out".
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Meaning 9
Stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 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".
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Meaning 11
Lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme".
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Verbs of feeling.