Dissolving

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.

dissolving - the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" dissolution liquefaction - the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid