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dissolve

/dɪˈzɒlv/

An illustration for dissolve

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

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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)

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