dissolve

1. 1.

   become weaker

   “The sound faded out”

   Synonymsfade outfade away

   Broaderchange state
2. 2.

   cause to go into a solution

   “The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water”

   Synonymsresolvebreak up

   Broaderchange integrity

   Narrowermeltcut
3. 3.

   come to an end

   “Their marriage dissolved”

   “The tobacco monopoly broke up”

   Synonymsbreak up

   Broaderend
4. 4.

   stop functioning or cohering as a unit

   “The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”

   Synonymsdisband

   Broaderbreak up
5. 5.

   cause to lose control emotionally

   “The news dissolved her into tears”

   Broaderupset
6. 6.

   lose control emotionally

   “She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme”

   Broaderbreak down
7. 7.

   cause to fade away

   “dissolve a shot or a picture”

   Broaderchange

   Narroweretch
8. 8.

   pass into a solution

   “The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee”

   Broaderdisintegrate
9. 9.

   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”

   Synonymsthawunfreezeunthawdethawmelt

   Broaderliquefy

   Narrowerdeliquescedefrost
10. 10.

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

    “The decree officially dissolved the marriage”

    “the judge dissolved the tobacco company”

    Synonymsbreak up

    Broaderend
11. 11.

    declare void

    “The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections”

    Synonymsdismiss

    Broaderchange

1. 1.

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

   Broadertransition

Other forms of dissolve

plural

dissolves·

past tense

dissolved·

present participle

dissolving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dissolve

What does dissolve mean?

dissolve means "become weaker". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dissolve?

dissolve has 2 syllables: dis-solve. The stress falls on "solve". In IPA it is /dɪˈzɑlv/.

What is another word for dissolve?

Close synonyms include fade out, fade away, resolve, break up, break up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dissolve a common word?

dissolve is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dissolve?

2 words rhyme with dissolve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.