Dictionary entry details
• DISSOLVE (noun)
Meaning:
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dissolve" is a kind of...):
transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)
• DISSOLVE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to go into a solution
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dissolve; break up; resolve
Context example:
The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Cause:
dissolve (pass into a solution)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissolve"):
melt; melt down; run (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating)
cut (dissolve by breaking down the fat of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Pass into a solution
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Become weaker
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fade out; fade away; dissolve
Context example:
The sound faded out
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Come to an end
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dissolve; break up
Context examples:
Their marriage dissolved / The tobacco monopoly broke up
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
disband; dissolve
Context example:
The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
break up (come apart)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cause to lose control emotionally
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
The news dissolved her into tears
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Lose control emotionally
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
break down; lose it; snap (lose control of one's emotions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Cause to fade away
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
dissolve a shot or a picture
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become or cause to become soft or liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
unthaw; unfreeze; thaw; dethaw; melt; dissolve
Context examples:
The sun melted the ice / the ice thawed / the ice cream melted / The heat melted the wax / The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase / dethaw the meat
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
flux; liquefy; liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dissolve"):
deliquesce (melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)
de-ice; defrost; deice (make or become free of frost or ice)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dissolve; break up
Context examples:
The decree officially dissolved the marriage / the judge dissolved the tobacco company
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Declare void
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dismiss; dissolve
Context example:
The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Hypernyms (to "dissolve" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
