Dissolve
verb
To make a solid substance mix with a liquid and disappear.
Sugar dissolves in water.
Often appears as...
- dissolve in water
- dissolve sugar
verb
To formally end a meeting, assembly or a partnership.
The company was dissolved because it went bankrupt.
Often appears as...
- dissolve a company
- dissolve a partnership
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Technical
verb
To disappear slowly.
As the sun rose, the fog began to dissolve.
Often appears as...
- dissolve into thin air
- dissolve into the background
verb
In film and television, to transition gradually from one scene to another.
The scene dissolved from an office setting to a lush garden.
Often appears as...
- dissolve to
- dissolve transition
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make a solid substance mix with a liquid and disappear.
Sugar dissolves in water.
Often appears as...
- dissolve in water
- dissolve sugar
verb
To formally end a meeting, assembly or a partnership.
The company was dissolved because it went bankrupt.
Often appears as...
- dissolve a company
- dissolve a partnership
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To disappear slowly.
As the sun rose, the fog began to dissolve.
Often appears as...
- dissolve into thin air
- dissolve into the background
verb
In film and television, to transition gradually from one scene to another.
The scene dissolved from an office setting to a lush garden.
Often appears as...
- dissolve to
- dissolve transition
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Visual Cues
Imagine the substance fading away into the liquid to understand 'dissolve' in a physical context.
The colored dye dissolved in the water, making it turn red.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
'Dissolve' doesn't mean the substance is gone; it's just mixed thoroughly.
Salt dissolves in water, but it's still there, just not visible.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Cues
Imagine the substance fading away into the liquid to understand 'dissolve' in a physical context.
The colored dye dissolved in the water, making it turn red.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
'Dissolve' doesn't mean the substance is gone; it's just mixed thoroughly.
Salt dissolves in water, but it's still there, just not visible.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Cues
Imagine the substance fading away into the liquid to understand 'dissolve' in a physical context.
The colored dye dissolved in the water, making it turn red.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
'Dissolve' doesn't mean the substance is gone; it's just mixed thoroughly.
Salt dissolves in water, but it's still there, just not visible.
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What does the liver do?...
with the help of thousands of tiny internal processing plants, known as lobules. Both blood flows also deliver the oxygen that the liver needs to function. The blood that is received from the intestine contains carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins and other nutrients dissolved in it
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How does fracking work?...
These vary depending on the specific characteristics of the fracking site, but usually fall into three acids for clearing debris and dissolving minerals, friction-reducing compounds to create a slippery form of water known as slickwater,
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Titanic's Graveyard PIPE...
their flesh and the deep sea is under saturated in calcium carbonate so it literally dissolved all the bones takes about five years but the entire skeleton of a human at those depths will vanish and what's left behind are there pairs
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Asking where consciousnes...
this enabled me to actually watch them moving from being completely awake to being completely unaware of all those noxious and terrifying stimuli that come in from the external world now watching brains dissolve and reassemble
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How mucus keeps us...
which are built out of both amino acids and sugars. In mucin, long chains of sugars are attached to specific amino acids in the protein backbone. The hydrophilic sugar chains help mucin dissolve in your body's watery fluids.
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How Quantum Biology...
Ultimately, there's a quantum level where we have to delve into this weirdness. But in everyday life, we can forget about it. Because once you put together trillions of atoms, that quantum weirdness just dissolves away.
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Why do your knuckles...
that help clean up any bone or cartilage debris that ends up in the joint. But the reason it's important for knuckle cracking is that, like other fluids in your body, it contains lots of dissolved gas molecules.
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What causes kidney...
Another medication called potassium citrate can help dissolve the stones by creating a less acidic urine. For medium-sized stones up to about ten millimeters, one option is pulverizing them with soundwaves.
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Why is Mount Everest so...
dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.
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What’s in the Trunk?...
transpiration and it's particularly important in spring when the nutrients which are dissolved in the water traveling along the tubes are needed to kick-start growth
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What does the liver do?...
with the help of thousands of tiny internal processing plants, known as lobules. Both blood flows also deliver the oxygen that the liver needs to function. The blood that is received from the intestine contains carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins and other nutrients dissolved in it
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
These vary depending on the specific characteristics of the fracking site, but usually fall into three acids for clearing debris and dissolving minerals, friction-reducing compounds to create a slippery form of water known as slickwater,
Video examples
Titanic's Graveyard PIPE...
their flesh and the deep sea is under saturated in calcium carbonate so it literally dissolved all the bones takes about five years but the entire skeleton of a human at those depths will vanish and what's left behind are there pairs
Video examples
Asking where consciousnes...
this enabled me to actually watch them moving from being completely awake to being completely unaware of all those noxious and terrifying stimuli that come in from the external world now watching brains dissolve and reassemble
Video examples
How mucus keeps us...
which are built out of both amino acids and sugars. In mucin, long chains of sugars are attached to specific amino acids in the protein backbone. The hydrophilic sugar chains help mucin dissolve in your body's watery fluids.
Video examples
How Quantum Biology...
Ultimately, there's a quantum level where we have to delve into this weirdness. But in everyday life, we can forget about it. Because once you put together trillions of atoms, that quantum weirdness just dissolves away.
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
that help clean up any bone or cartilage debris that ends up in the joint. But the reason it's important for knuckle cracking is that, like other fluids in your body, it contains lots of dissolved gas molecules.
Video examples
What causes kidney...
Another medication called potassium citrate can help dissolve the stones by creating a less acidic urine. For medium-sized stones up to about ten millimeters, one option is pulverizing them with soundwaves.
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.
Video examples
What’s in the Trunk?...
transpiration and it's particularly important in spring when the nutrients which are dissolved in the water traveling along the tubes are needed to kick-start growth
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Prince
American Singer
Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don't forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It's like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain't right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach.
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Donald Johanson
American Scientist
There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.
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William James
American Philosopher
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
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Corrine Brown
American Politician
This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.
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Robert Plant
British Musician
Lately, I'm spending more and more time working with non-rock musicians and leaving the mainstream - almost dissolving into another world, musically.
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Louise L. Hay
American Author
As my mind can conceive of more good, the barriers and blocks dissolve. My life becomes full of little miracles popping up out of the blue.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
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Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
In writing 'Another Brooklyn,' I had to imagine what happens when friendships dissolve.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Prince
American Singer
Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don't forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It's like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain't right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach.
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Donald Johanson
American Scientist
There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved.
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William James
American Philosopher
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
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Corrine Brown
American Politician
This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.
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Robert Plant
British Musician
Lately, I'm spending more and more time working with non-rock musicians and leaving the mainstream - almost dissolving into another world, musically.
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Louise L. Hay
American Author
As my mind can conceive of more good, the barriers and blocks dissolve. My life becomes full of little miracles popping up out of the blue.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
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Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
In writing 'Another Brooklyn,' I had to imagine what happens when friendships dissolve.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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