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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dissolve
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
collapse/dissolve into giggles (= start laughing a lot)
▪ Victor tickled the little boy, who dissolved into giggles.
dissolve parliamentformal (= officially end parliament before holding an election)
▪ The Prime Minister will ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament and call an election.
sugar dissolves (=becomes part of a liquid)
▪ Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
completely
▪ When the sugar has completely dissolved, increase the heat until the liquid turns a pale caramel.
▪ Ten minutes to one the fog dissolves completely and the black boys are telling Acutes to clear the floor for the meeting.
▪ Place over heat until the sugar has dissolved completely.
▪ Cook and stir 3 minutes, or until sugar is completely dissolved.
▪ Relict silica crystals which have not completely dissolved in the glass-melt is an example of this.
■ NOUN
acid
▪ Sulfanilic acid is dissolved in concentrated hydrochloric acid and diluted to volume with distilled water.
assembly
▪ The government rejected these proposals out of hand and after two months dissolved the assembly.
▪ She maintains that, when the president recruited her to support him against Mr Sharif, he promised to dissolve the assemblies.
▪ In July 1959 he dissolved the Constitutional Assembly and reinstated the 1945 constitution by decree.
laughter
▪ Francis and Christopher dissolved in laughter, lapped theirs up and declared it very good.
▪ The waiter bowed and retreated, Stephen and Lily dissolved into laughter.
▪ Hopefully the audience will dissolve into fits of laughter.
marriage
▪ The court action follows a move by his wife Seema earlier this year to dissolve the marriage.
▪ If his wife is restive, he sees welfare as a positive invitation from the state for her to dissolve the marriage.
parliament
▪ A referendum to dissolve parliament was held and was said to be accepted by 99.9 percent of the people.
▪ Kwasniewski has said he may dissolve parliament to put the issue to rest and call for new elections.
▪ Miss Bhutto gave Mr Ishaq an excuse to dissolve parliament by offering the resignation of her party's members of parliament.
▪ Theoretically, she can dissolve Parliament without advice, but the right has been in abeyance for years.
▪ Opposition demands to dissolve the parliament for fresh elections were not accepted.
▪ What is the constitutional importance of the power to dissolve Parliament?
▪ More likely, whoever was Prime Minister would advise her to dissolve Parliament and hold another election.
▪ Prime Minister Chand resigns and the King dissolves parliament.
partnership
▪ The town's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership.
▪ In the spring of 1994, Radisson sued to dissolve its partnership with Tatum.
party
▪ He dissolved political parties, banned demonstrations and introduced strict media censorship.
▪ By Christmas all three main opposition parties had dissolved themselves.
▪ Finally Hermann Göring intervened to dissolve the Danzig Party.
power
▪ What is the constitutional importance of the power to dissolve Parliament?
▪ Let us consider what would happen if the power to dissolve did not exist.
▪ Sometimes even it is desired to vest a power to dissolve in one partner or a specified majority.
▪ Things that had been yoked, harnessed, held down and held back by a power that was dissolving.
▪ Amongst the few powers which may not be so delegated is the power to dissolve Parliament.
▪ Is it too imaginative to suppose that all these consequences would follow an abolition of the power to dissolve?
▪ She appoints the Prime Minister and has the power to dissolve Parliament.
▪ The head of state would have no powers to dissolve parliament or to appoint state officials without parliamentary approval.
sugar
▪ Put the sugar and water into the pot and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
▪ Heat the rest of the blackcurrant liquid until hot, then dissolve the gelatine or sugar-free jelly in it.
▪ If you put in too much sugar, not all of it will dissolve.
▪ Heat gently to dissolve the sugar, then boil again quickly until the sugar turns golden.
tear
▪ If he mentioned moving out of her parents' house, she dissolved into tears.
▪ Katherine threw herself against Gary and dissolved into tears.
▪ When at last she is alone, her sorrow overwhelms her and she dissolves in tears.
water
▪ Phenol dissolves in water to produce a weak acid solution.
▪ These and certain sea anemones often leave a mucous trail that, upon dissolving in water, gives off a characteristic odor.
▪ Like me, like us, who are dissolving into the whirling water too.
▪ In addition, sea water has about 20 per cent. less dissolved oxygen than fresh water.
▪ Because it dissolves easily in water, it is rapidly absorbed from the digestive tract and mixes easily with blood.
▪ Bio-tex Powder and some of the Stain Devils had to be dissolved in water - laborious for a small stain.
▪ Follow-up Bring other substances such as sugar, baking soda, or corn syrup to dissolve in water.
■ VERB
begin
▪ A Troll stepped unwittingly into a steaming puddle and immediately began to dissolve.
▪ This process should last only a few seconds or the coral will begin to dissolve.
▪ The former political coalition which directed support towards the skilled working class in the private sector had begun to dissolve.
▪ But the close friendships he had formerly enjoyed there began to dissolve.
▪ But we identify with this physical separation even at a mental and spiritual level, where such separation has begun to dissolve.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Dissolve the salt in 125 ml of hot water.
▪ Maria's objections to the plan began to dissolve.
▪ The crystals dissolve in water to create a purple liquid.
▪ The law suit began ten months after the Rossi marriage had been legally dissolved.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Because it also dissolves in fats, it freely passes through cell membranes, which are basically double-walled bubbles of fat.
▪ During my ascent, the spotlight expands, dissolving into a soft glow that eventually engulfs the entire stage.
▪ I think she's picked up a few pointers, like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube.
▪ One of those illusions was my persistent sensation that my personality was dissolving.
▪ The Assembly was dissolved by presidential decree on Oct. 12.
▪ Theoretically, she can dissolve Parliament without advice, but the right has been in abeyance for years.
▪ These and certain sea anemones often leave a mucous trail that, upon dissolving in water, gives off a characteristic odor.
▪ You can test their absorption rate by seeing if they dissolve almost entirely in white vinegar within 30 minutes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dissolve

Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]

  1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.

    Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life.
    --Shak.

  2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

    Nothing can dissolve us.
    --Shak.

    Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
    --Fairfax.

    For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
    --The Declaration of Independence.

  3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

    As if the world were all dissolved to tears.
    --Shak.

  4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. ``Dissolved the mystery.''
    --Tennyson.

    Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
    --Dan. v. 16.

  5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

    Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.
    --Dryden.

  6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

    Syn: See Adjourn.

Dissolve

Dissolve \Dis*solve"\, v. i.

  1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

  2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

    A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form.
    --Shak.

  3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

    The charm dissolves apace.
    --Shak.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dissolve

late 14c. (transitive and intransitive) "to break up" (of material substances), from Latin dissolvere "to loosen up, break apart," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + solvere "to loose, loosen" (see solve). Meaning "to disband" (an assembly) is early 15c. Related: Dissolved; dissolving.

Wiktionary
dissolve

n. (context cinematography English) A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding 2 (context transitive English) To destroy, make disappear 3 (context transitive English) To liquify, melt into a fluid 4 (context intransitive English) To be melted, changed into a fluid 5 (context chemistry transitive English) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas. 6 (context chemistry intransitive English) To be disintegrated by such immersion. 7 (context transitive English) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons. 8 (context transitive English) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate. 9 (context legal transitive English) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release. 10 (context cinematography intransitive English) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in. 11 (context intransitive English) To resolve itself as by dissolution 12 (context obsolete English) To solve; to clear up; to resolve. 13 To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

WordNet
dissolve

  1. v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: resolve, break up]

  2. pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"

  3. become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: fade out, fade away]

  4. come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" [syn: break up]

  5. stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: disband]

  6. cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

  7. lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"

  8. cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"

  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" [syn: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt]

  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" [syn: break up]

  11. declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" [syn: dismiss]

dissolve

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

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Wikipedia
Dissolve (band)

Dissolve is a collaborative musical project between experimental guitarists Chris Heaphy and Roy Montgomery. The two musicians formed a bond over an interest in film soundtracks and creating mood pieces, as opposed to performing in a rock band. They began recording with each other in 1993 after Montgomery's former band Dadamah parted ways. They released two albums under the name Dissolve, That That Is ... Is (Not) in 1995 and Third Album for the Sun in 1997. Heaphy and Montgomery collaborated a final time on the album True, released in 1999.

Dissolve (filmmaking)

In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms fade-out (also called fade to black) and fade-in are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image. This is in contrast to a cut where there is no such transition. A dissolve overlaps two shots for the duration of the effect, usually at the end of one scene and the beginning of the next, but may be used in montage sequences also. Generally, but not always, the use of a dissolve is held to indicate that a period of time has passed between the two scenes.

Usage examples of "dissolve".

To the suspension is then added slowly a solution of about two equivalents of trifluoroacetic anhydride dissolved in acetonitrile and previously cooled to about -20 degrees C.

The reduced metal is only slowly dissolved by hydrochloric acid, and although it is readily soluble in aqua regia, the solution cannot be evaporated or freed from the excess of acids, by boiling, without loss of tin, because of the volatility of stannic chloride.

Ladin and Azzam agreed that the organization successfully created for Afghanistan should not be allowed to dissolve.

The black shadow that covers the canvas dissolves, revealing the bright faces, now a little faded: Signoretto, Geraldo, Carlo, Fiammetta, Agata, the beautiful Agata, who seemed then to be destined for a future as a queen.

It seemed on, the edge of dissolving into grey ruin with everything else that had been steady aild safe and long established in the castle.

In Etruria, in Greece, and in Gaul, it was the first care of the senate to dissolve those dangerous confederacies, which taught mankind that, as the Roman arms prevailed by division, they might be resisted by union.

That biphenyl or dibenzodioxin structure - the twelve-pack - dissolves easily in fat.

The water appeared like a run of black oil, as if the castle were dissolving before their eyes, melting back into the rock face.

For instance, bromelain, from pineapple, is used as a skin exfoliant, while trypsin, from animal sources, and amylase and lipase, both from microbial sources, break down and dissolve dead skin cells.

Warburton coaxed it on to a rag of synthetic skin and let it feed before transferring it to yet another hyperactive surface, into which it seemed to dissolve entirely, leaving nothing on the surface but a faint and rather cartoonish outline of a bat in flight.

That the man who slipped into the seat beside her at Chantilly was Julien dissolved her courage and set her heart beating.

Orient may appear in all its realistic detail, in Chateaubriand the ego dissolves itself in the contemplation of wonders it creates, and then is reborn, stronger than ever, more able to savor its powers and enjoy its interpretations.

After the Prussian Army of Observation was dissolved, Clausewitz returned to Breslau, and a few days after his arrival was seized with cholera, the seeds of which he must have brought with him from the army on the Polish frontier.

He had suggested coemptio, or bride-purchase, a marriage easily dissolved by divorce.

The residue contains the antimony as antimonate of soda, and is dissolved off the filter with hot dilute hydrochloric, with the help of a little tartaric, acid.