dissolving

Variant of dissolve

dissolve definition

dis·solve (di zälv′, -zôlv′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb dissolved -·solved′, dissolving -·solv′·ing

  1. to make or become liquid; liquefy; melt
  2. to merge with a liquid; pass or make pass into solution
  3. to break up; disunite; decompose; disintegrate
  4. to end by or as by breaking up; terminate
  5. to disappear or make disappear
  6. Film, TV to combine or be combined in a lap dissolve

Etymology: ME dissolven < L dissolvere, to loosen < dis-, apart + solvere, to loosen: see solve

noun

lap dissolve

Related Forms:

dissolve Idioms

dissolve in tears

or dissolve into tears
weep

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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