dissolve
(noun) (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
dissolve, dismiss
(verb) declare void; “The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections”
dissolve, break up
(verb) come to an end; “Their marriage dissolved”; “The tobacco monopoly broke up”
dissolve, break up
(verb) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; “The decree officially dissolved the marriage”; “the judge dissolved the tobacco company”
dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
(verb) 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”
dissolve
(verb) pass into a solution; “The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee”
dissolve, resolve, break up
(verb) cause to go into a solution; “The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water”
dissolve, fade out, fade away
(verb) become weaker; “The sound faded out”
dissolve
(verb) lose control emotionally; “She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme”
dissolve
(verb) cause to lose control emotionally; “The news dissolved her into tears”
disband, dissolve
(verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit; “The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)
(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
Antonyms: establish, found
(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
Synonyms: melt, formelt
(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
(chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
(chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
(law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
(cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
Synonym: fade out
(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
dissolve (plural dissolves)
(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
Synonym: fade out
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*solve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.] Etym: [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)
Definition: To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Syn.
– See Adjourn.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
