Dissolve
nnoun.communication(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades outDerivationally Related Form:dissolve
Hypernyms:transition
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvetransitionpassagesectionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvetransitionpassagesectionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.changebecome weakerSynset:fade away fade out
Derivationally Related Form:fadeoutdissolve
Hypernyms:change state turn
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvechange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changecause to go into a solutionSynset:break up resolve
Examples:- The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Derivationally Related Form:dissolverresolventdissolutiondissolventdissolving
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvechange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:cutmeltmelt downrun
Causes:dissolve
Full Troponyms:cutfusemelttry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changecome to an endSynset:break up
Examples:- Their marriage dissolved
- The tobacco monopoly broke up
Hypernyms:end terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolveendchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.motionstop functioning or cohering as a unitSynset:disband
Examples:- The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
Derivationally Related Form:disbandment
Hypernyms:break up
Inherited Hypernyms:disbandbreak upseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.emotioncause to lose control emotionallyExamples:- The news dissolved her into tears
Hypernyms:discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolveupsetarousemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.emotionlose control emotionallyExamples:- She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme
Hypernyms:break down lose it snap
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvebreak downact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changecause to fade awayExamples:- dissolve a shot or a picture
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvechange
Direct Hyponyms:etch
Full Troponyms:etch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changepass into a solutionExamples:- The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
Derivationally Related Form:dissolverdissolutiondissolving
Hypernyms:disintegrate
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvedisintegratechange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changebecome or cause to become soft or liquidSynset:dethaw melt thaw unfreeze unthaw
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:thawmeltermeltmeltingthawingmeltable
Hypernyms:flux liquefy liquify
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolveliquefychange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:de-icedefrostdeicedeliquesce
Full Troponyms:defrostdeliquesce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: unfreeze, thaw)
vverb.changebring the association of to an end or cause to break upSynset:break up
Examples:- The decree officially dissolved the marriage
- the judge dissolved the tobacco company
Derivationally Related Form:dissolution
Hypernyms:end terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolveendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changedeclare voidSynset:dismiss
Examples:- The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolvechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something