Dictionary entries for 'dissolve'

Synonyms

dis·solve (dĭ-zŏlv́)

[Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere, dis-, dis-, + solvere, to release.]

verb: -solved, -solv·ing, -solves.

To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.
To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel.
To break into component parts; disintegrate.
To bring to an end by or as if by breaking up; terminate.
To dismiss (a legislative body, for example): dissolved parliament and called for new elections.
To cause to break down emotionally or psychologically; upset.
To cause to lose definition; blur; confuse: “Morality has finally been dissolved in pity” (Leslie Fiedler)
Law To annul; abrogate.

To pass into solution.
To become liquid; melt.
To break up or disperse.
To become disintegrated; disappear.
To be overcome emotionally or psychologically: I dissolved into helpless laughter.
To lose clarity or definition; fade away.
To shift shots in a motion-picture film or videotape by having one shot fade out while the next appears behind it and grows clearer as the first one dims.

A transition in a motion-picture film or videotape made by fading out one shot while the next one grows clearer. Also called lap dissolve