meaning of dissolve
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.
2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc. ,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
6. To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
7. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
8. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
9. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
10. film a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Related Words
dissolve | dissolved | dissolvent | dissolver |
