dissolve
/dɪˈzɒlv/
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding; To destroy, make disappear; To liquify, melt into a fluid; To be melted, changed into a fluid
- he/she/it
- dissolves
- past participle
- dissolved
Meanings
- 1
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding
Dissolve sugar in hot water.
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR
It has to be dissolved in water.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To destroy, make disappear
- 3
To liquify, melt into a fluid
- 4
To be melted, changed into a fluid
- 5
To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material
- 6
To be disintegrated by such immersion
- 7
To disperse, drive apart a group of persons
- 8
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate
- 9
To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release
- 10
To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades inrare