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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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Noun

S: (n) dissolve (dissolve%1:10:00::) ((film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out)

Verb

S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:03::), fade out (fade_out%2:30:00::), fade away (fade_away%2:30:00::) (become weaker) "The sound faded out"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:01::), resolve (resolve%2:30:07::), break up (break_up%2:30:03::) (cause to go into a solution) "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:02::), break up (break_up%2:30:01::) (come to an end) "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
S: (v) disband (disband%2:38:00::), dissolve (dissolve%2:38:00::) (stop functioning or cohering as a unit) "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:37:04::) (cause to lose control emotionally) "The news dissolved her into tears"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:37:00::) (lose control emotionally) "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:11::) (cause to fade away) "dissolve a shot or a picture"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:00::) (pass into a solution) "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:07::), thaw (thaw%2:30:00::), unfreeze (unfreeze%2:30:00::), unthaw (unthaw%2:30:00::), dethaw (dethaw%2:30:00::), melt (melt%2:30:00::) (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"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:08::), break up (break_up%2:30:09::) (bring the association of to an end or cause to break up) "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:09::), dismiss (dismiss%2:30:09::) (declare void) "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"