dissolves

To dissolve something is to make it disappear. When you dissolve a solution, you make the solution less concentrated and more diluted.

  • The compound dissolves in water.

  • The ink dissolves in water.

Definition of dissolves

verb

become weaker

Synonyms:

fade away, fade out

verb

cause to go into a solution

Synonyms:

break up, resolve

verb

become or cause to become soft or liquid

Synonyms:

dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw

verb

bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

Synonyms:

break up

verb

come to an end

Synonyms:

break up

verb

declare void

Synonyms:

dismiss

verb

stop functioning or cohering as a unit

Synonyms:

disband

verb

cause to fade away

verb

cause to lose control emotionally

noun

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

verb

lose control emotionally

verb

pass into a solution

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Example Sentences for dissolves

  • 1

    The acetylene is pumped into the cylinder and it dissolves in the solvent.

  • 2

    Some of the oxygen dissolved in the sea water.

  • 3

    Any soluble salts present on the surface will dissolve in the water.

  • 4

    Dissolved oxygen is sometimes added to the water to mobilize the uranium.

  • 5

    In five liters of water, only one gram of the hydrate will dissolve.

  • 6

    Osmosis is the diffusion of water and dissolve material though cell membranes.

  • 7

    The faculty was dissolved with the foundation.

  • 8

    The partnership dissolved in the fall.

  • 9

    Parliament dissolved by the deposition of the monarch.

  • 10

    The cut and the dissolve are used differently.