Main entry: dissolve
Definition: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Definition: declare void
Usage: The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Main entry: break up, dissolve
Definition: come to an end
Usage: Their marriage dissolved; The tobacco monopoly broke up
Main entry: dissolve, break up
Definition: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Usage: The decree officially dissolved the marriage; the judge dissolved the tobacco company
Main entry: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve, melt
Definition: become or cause to become soft or liquid
Usage: 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
Main entry: dissolve
Definition: pass into a solution
Usage: The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
Main entry: break up, resolve, dissolve
Definition: cause to go into a solution
Usage: The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Main entry: dissolve, fade away, fade out
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The sound faded out
Main entry: dissolve
Definition: cause to fade away
Usage: dissolve a shot or a picture
Main entry: dissolve
Definition: lose control emotionally
Usage: She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme
Main entry: dissolve
Definition: cause to lose control emotionally
Usage: The news dissolved her into tears
Definition: stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Usage: The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting