Dissolver

dis·solve  (d-zlv)

v. dis·solved, dis·solv·ing, dis·solves

v.tr.

1. To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.

2. To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

3. To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel.

4. To break into component parts; disintegrate.

5. To bring to an end by or as if by breaking up; terminate.

6. To dismiss (a legislative body, for example): dissolved parliament and called for new elections.

7. To cause to break down emotionally or psychologically; upset.

8. To cause to lose definition; blur; confuse: "Morality has finally been dissolved in pity" (Leslie Fiedler).

9. Law To annul; abrogate.

v.intr.

1. To pass into solution.

2. To become liquid; melt.

3. To break up or disperse.

4. To become disintegrated; disappear.

5. To be overcome emotionally or psychologically: I dissolved into helpless laughter.

6. To lose clarity or definition; fade away.

7. 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.

n.

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.

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[Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere : dis-, dis- + solvere, to release; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

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dis·solva·ble adj.

dis·solver n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dissolver - a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" dissolvent, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent acetone, dimethyl ketone, propanone - the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics chlorobenzene - a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid, phenol - a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane, tetrachloromethane - a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined medium - an intervening substance through which something is achieved; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent" hexane - a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent menstruum - (archaic) a solvent naphtha - any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents remover - a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface); "paint remover"; "rust remover"; "hair remover" alcahest, alkahest, universal solvent - hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists methylbenzene, toluene - a colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels xylene, xylol - a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent