dissolve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissolve	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dissolve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissolve n (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out v become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: dissolve, fade out, fade away] cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Synonym(s): dissolve, resolve, break up come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" Synonym(s): dissolve, break up stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" Synonym(s): disband, dissolve cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears" lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme" cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture" pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" 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" Synonym(s): dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" Synonym(s): dissolve, break up declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" Synonym(s): dissolve, dismiss
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissolve \Dissolve"\, 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. 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. [bd]Dissolved the mystery.[b8] --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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. i. 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.