1. (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
   "add the dissolved gelatin"

1. Cause to go into a solution
   "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water";
   - resolve, break up
    
2. Pass into a solution
   "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
    
3. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
   "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase";
   - thaw, unfreeze, unthaw [N. Amer], melt
    
4. Grow less and less substantial until it disappears
   "The sound dissolved";
   - fade out, fade away
    
5. Cause to fade away
   "dissolve a shot or a picture"
    
6. Come to an end
   "Their marriage dissolved";
   - break up
    
7. Stop functioning or cohering as a unit
   "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting";
   - disband
    
8. Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
   "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company";
   - break up
    
9. Cause to lose control emotionally
   "The news dissolved her into tears"
    
10. Lose control emotionally
    "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
     
11. Declare void
    "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections";
    - dismiss

See also: liquid, liquified, melted

Type of: alter, break down, break up, change, change integrity, change state, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disintegrate, end, flux, liquefy, liquify, lose it [informal], modify, snap, terminate, turn, untune [rare], upset

Encyclopedia: Dissolved