dissolve in WordNet English dictionary

1. come to an end
   "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
   dissolve  break up 
   
2. cause to go into a solution
   "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
   dissolve  resolve  break up 
   
3. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
   "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
   dissolve  break up 
   
4. become or cause to become soft or liquid
   "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
   dissolve  thaw  unfreeze  unthaw  dethaw  melt 
   
5. stop functioning or cohering as a unit
   "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
   disband  dissolve 
   
6. declare void
   "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
   dissolve  dismiss 
   
7. pass into a solution
   "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
   dissolve 
   
8. become weaker
   "The sound faded out"
   dissolve  fade out  fade away 
   
9. cause to fade away
   "dissolve a shot or a picture"
   dissolve 
   
10. lose control emotionally
    "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
    dissolve 
    
11. cause to lose control emotionally
    "The news dissolved her into tears"
    dissolve 
    

1. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
   dissolve