Dissolved Dissolve Dissolves Water Marriage Verb Bre Dɪˈzɒlv

• salt dissolves in water.
• heat gently until the sugar dissolves.
• dissolve the tablet in water.
• their marriage was dissolved in 1999.

dissolve

1. to mix with a liquid and become part of it
• Salt dissolves in water.
• Heat gently until the sugar dissolves.
2. to make a solid become part of a liquid
• Dissolve the tablet in water.
3. to officially end a marriage, business agreement or parliament
• Their marriage was dissolved in 1999.
• The election was announced and parliament was dissolved.
4. to disappear; to make something disappear
• When the ambulance had gone, the crowd dissolved.
• His calm response dissolved her anger.
5. to suddenly start laughing, crying, etc.
• When the teacher looked up, the children dissolved into giggles.
• Every time she heard his name, she dissolved into tears.
6. to remove or destroy something, especially by a chemical process; to be destroyed in this way
• a new detergent that dissolves stains
• All the original calcium had dissolved away.

Extra Examples

• The aspirin hasn’t dissolved completely yet.
• The civilian government was effectively dissolved.
• The limestone has simply dissolved away.
• Their marriage was formally dissolved last year.
• His calm response dissolved her confusion.
• The lights in the windows faded and the house dissolved into darkness again.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they dissolve
• he / she / it dissolves
• past simple dissolved
• past participle dissolved
• -ing form dissolving

Word Origin

• late Middle English (also in the sense ‘break down into component parts’): from Latin dissolvere, from dis- ‘apart’ + solvere ‘loosen or solve’.