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# dissolve

verb (dissolve, dissolves, dissolved, dissolving)

«dissolve» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. When a solid dissolves in a liquid, it mixes in completely so you cannot see it any more, like sugar in tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#m1)
2. To dissolve something is to make it do this, often by stirring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#m2)
3. To dissolve a group or agreement is to end it officially. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#m3)
4. To dissolve into tears or laughter is to start crying or laughing uncontrollably. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, a substance that dissolves is soluble (salt, sugar); one that does not is insoluble (sand, chalk). The mixture made is a solution. Warm water and stirring make things dissolve faster. You can get a dissolved solid back by evaporating the water, but not by filtering. Phrases: dissolve in water, soluble and insoluble, dissolve into tears, dissolved salt.

### Examples

- Sugar dissolves in hot tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x1)
- Salt dissolves in water, but sand does not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x2)
- Stir the water to make the powder dissolve faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x3)
- The tablet dissolved in the glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x4)
- We got the salt back by evaporating the dissolved solution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x5)
- She dissolved into giggles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x6)
- She cast one more lingering, half-fainting glance at the prince, and then threw herself from the ship into the sea, and thought her body was dissolving into foam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/#x7)

### Note

Dissolving is not the same as melting: melting needs heat and only one substance (ice to water); dissolving needs a liquid to mix into. A dissolved solid is still there — the mass of the solution equals the water plus the solid.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dissolve» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dissolve/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dissolve» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dissolve.html) on Mova free.