The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
DISSOLVING
dissolving, dissolution
(noun) the process of going into solution; “the dissolving of salt in water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dissolving
present participle of dissolve
Noun
dissolving (plural dissolvings)
The act by which something dissolves.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*solv"ing, a.
Definition: Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
– Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv. Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns.
DISSOLVE
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
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