English Explanatory Dictionary

dissolve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
  2. To destroy, make disappear.
  3. To liquify, melt into a fluid.
  4. To be melted, changed into a fluid.
  5. To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
  6. To be disintegrated by such immersion.
  7. To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
  8. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  9. To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
  10. To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
  11. To resolve itself as by dissolution.
  12. To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
noun
  1. a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

Pronunciation

/dɪˈzɒlv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dissolve.wav /dɪˈzɑlv/ /dɪˈzɔlv/

Word forms

dissolve dissolves dissolving dissolved

Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- + solve.

Synonyms

melt formelt fade out

Antonyms

establish found

Related words

melt

Derived words

codissolve dissolvability dissolvable dissolvement dissolver dissolvible dissolvingly dissolving view nondissolving redissolve undissolving lap dissolve match dissolve

Translations

Azerbaijani: ərimək Bulgarian: разтварям се Catalan: dissoldre Chinese Mandarin: 融化 Chinese Mandarin: 溶解 Dutch: oplossen Finnish: liueta French: se dissoudre German: sich auflösen Greek: διαλύομαι Hebrew: נָמַס Hungarian: feloldódik Ingrian: sullaa Irish: díscaoil Italian: dissolversi Japanese: 溶ける Māori: memeha Middle English: dissolven Polish: rozpuszczać Portuguese: dissolver Portuguese: dissolver-se Portuguese: diluir-se Russian: растворя́ться Russian: раствори́ться Scottish Gaelic: leagh Serbo-Croatian: раство̀рити се Serbo-Croatian: rastvòriti se Spanish: disolver Tamil: கரை Thai: ละลาย Turkish: çözünmek Ukrainian: розчиня́тися Ukrainian: розчини́тися Vietnamese: hoà tan Welsh: hydoddi Welsh: toddi Welsh: ymdoddi
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