dissolve
1. [ verb ] become weaker, as of sound or vision
Synonyms: fade_out fade_away
Examples:

"The sound faded out"

Related terms: change_state receding
2. [ verb ] cause to go into a solution
Synonyms: break_up resolve
Examples:

"The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

Related terms: change_integrity melt cut dissolution solvent
3. [ verb ] come to an end
Synonyms: break_up
Examples:

"Their marriage dissolved" "The tobacco monopoly broke up"

Related terms: end end
4. [ noun ] (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Related terms: transition
5. [ verb ] stop functioning, as of organizations or groups
Synonyms: disband
Examples:

"The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"

Related terms: break_up disbandment
6. [ verb ] bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Synonyms: break_up
Examples:

"The decree officially dissolved the marriage" "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

Related terms: end dismiss dissolution
7. [ verb ] declare void
Synonyms: dismiss
Examples:

"The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"

Related terms: change break_up
8. [ verb ] become or cause to become soft or liquid
Synonyms: thaw melt unthaw dethaw unfreeze
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: liquefy defrost deliquesce thaw melting
9. [ verb ] cause to lose control emotionally
Examples:

"The news dissolved her into tears"

Related terms: upset
10. [ verb ] cause to fade away
Examples:

"dissolve a shot or a picture"

Related terms: change
11. [ verb ] lose control emotionally
Examples:

"She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"

Related terms: break_down
12. [ verb ] pass into a solution
Synonyms: fall_apart
Examples:

"The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"

Related terms: disintegrate dissolution
Similar spelling:   dissolver
  dissolved
  dissolvent
  dissolvable
  dissolving
  dissoluble
  disyllable
  diesel_fuel
  Di_Salvo