dissolved

Definition of Dissolved in English :

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Adjective

1. dissolved

(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form

Example Sentences:
'add the dissolved gelatin'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dissolved

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verb

1.

to go or cause to go into solution

salt dissolves in water

water dissolves sugar

2.

to become or cause to become liquid; melt

3.

to disintegrate or disperse

4.

to come or bring to an end

5.

to dismiss (a meeting, parliament, etc) or (of a meeting, etc) to be dismissed

6.

to collapse or cause to collapse emotionally

to dissolve into tears

7.

to lose or cause to lose distinctness or clarity

8. (transitive)

to terminate legally, as a marriage, etc

9. (intransitive) cinema, television

to fade out one scene and replace with another to make two scenes merge imperceptibly (fast dissolve) or slowly overlap (slow dissolve) over a period of about three or four seconds

noun

10. cinema, television

a scene filmed or televised by dissolving

Dissolved

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: disˈsolved or disˈsolving

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. Cinema and Television

to combine or be combined in a lap dissolve

noun US, Cinema, Television

7.

lap dissolve

Dissolved

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v. dis·solved, dis·solv·ing, dis·solves

v.tr.

1.

a. To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.

b. To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

c. To cause to lose definition; blend or blur: "Morality has finally been dissolved in pity" (Leslie Fiedler).

2.

a. To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel: The sun dissolved the fog. That remark dissolved the tension in the room.

b. To break into component parts; disintegrate: The deal dissolved the company into three separate businesses.

c. To bring to an end, as by breaking up; terminate or annul: "General de Gaulle was returned to power ... with a mandate to dissolve an overseas empire that had turned into a nightmare" (Alison Jolly).

d. To dismiss (an assembly such as a legislative body).

3. To cause to be moved emotionally or upset.

v.intr.

1.

a. To pass into solution: Salt dissolves easily in water.

b. To become liquid; melt: The clumps of snow dissolved into puddles.

c. To lose definition; become blurred or indistinguishable: "The last shadows have dissolved into darkness" (Daniel Blajan).

2.

a. To become disintegrated; disappear: The mist dissolves as the sun rises.

b. To be broken up into separate parts: The empire dissolved into many separate countries.

c. To be brought to an end; be annulled or terminated: After a long separation, the marriage finally dissolved.

3. To be moved or overcome emotionally: I dissolved into helpless laughter.

4. To make a transition between shots in a cinematic work using a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears.

n.

A transition in a cinematic work consisting of a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears. Also called lap dissolve.

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