dissolve
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbandingTo terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
» Sugar dissolves in water.
Zucker löst sich in Wasser.
Сахар растворяется в воде.
Цукор розчиняється у воді.
Meaning
14 senses(transitive)To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
auflösen
распуска́тьraspuskátʹ, распусти́тьraspustítʹ
розпуска́тиrozpuskáty, розпусти́тиrozpustýty
(transitive)To destroy, make disappear.
(transitive)To liquify, melt into a fluid.
pass into a solution
(intransitive)To be melted, changed into a fluid.
cause to go into a solution
(physical, transitive)To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
auflösen, sich auflösen
растворя́тьrastvorjátʹ, раствори́тьrastvorítʹ, растворя́тьсяrastvorjátʹsja
розчиня́тиrozčynjáty, розчини́тиrozčynýty, розчиня́тисяrozčynjátysja
(intransitive, physical)To be disintegrated by such immersion.
(transitive)To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
auflösen
распуска́тьraspuskátʹ, распусти́тьraspustítʹ
(transitive)To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
(transitive)To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
to dissolve an injunction
(intransitive)To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
(intransitive)To resolve itself as by dissolution.
sich auflösen
распуска́тьсяraspuskátʹsja, распусти́тьсяraspustítʹsja, распада́тьсяraspadátʹsja
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Examples
69 sentencesSugar dissolves in water.
Цукор розчиняється у воді.
ruСахар растворяется в воде.
deZucker löst sich in Wasser.
Salt dissolves in water.
Сіль розчиняється у воді.
ruСоль растворяется в воде.
deSalz löst sich in Wasser auf.
When salt is mixed with water, it dissolves.
Dissolve the baking powder in one tablespoon of water.
ruРастворите разрыхлитель в столовой ложке воды.
deDas Backpulver in 1 EL Wasser auflösen.
This won't dissolve in water.
Translations
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Origin
Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, fromRecorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- + solve.
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Forms
dissolves, dissolving, dissolved, dissolvedSynonyms
12 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle