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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
dissolve
/dɪˈzɒlv/
verb1 of 2
to melt into a liquid so that a substance mixes with the liquid itself
- “Sugar will dissolve quickly in a glass of water.”Tatoeba
- “Dissolve the powder in a bucket of warm water.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)