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dissolving

 
Adjective dissolving has 1 sense
  1. dissolving - causing to dissolve; "the dissolving medium is called the solvent"
Noun dissolving has 1 sense
  1. dissolving, dissolution - the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"
    --1 is a kind of liquefaction
    Derived forms: verb dissolve1, verb dissolve2
Verb dissolve has 11 senses
  1. dissolve, resolve, break up - cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
    --1 is one way to change integrity
    Derived forms: noun dissolution1, noun dissolvent1, noun dissolver1, noun dissolving1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. dissolve - pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
    --2 is one way to
    disintegrate
    Derived forms: noun dissolution1, noun dissolver1, noun dissolving1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. dissolve, fade out, fade away - become weaker; "The sound faded out"
    --3 is one way to change state, turn
    Derived form: noun dissolve1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. dissolve, break up - come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
    --4 is one way to end, terminate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. disband, dissolve - stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
    --5 is one way to break up
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  6. dissolve - cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
    --6 is one way to
    upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  7. dissolve - lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
    --7 is one way to
    break down, lose it, snap
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  8. dissolve - cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
    --8 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  9. dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "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"
    --9 is one way to liquefy, flux, liquify
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  10. dissolve, break up - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
    --10 is one way to end, terminate
    Derived forms: noun dissolution2, noun dissolution4, noun dissolution5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  11. dissolve, dismiss - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
    --11 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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