What is the meaning of dissolve?

noun

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

verb

• Become weaker.
  • usage: "The sound faded out"
  • synonyms: fade out, fade away
• Cause to go into a solution.
  • usage: "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
  • synonyms: resolve, break up
• Come to an end.
  • usage: "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
  • synonyms: break up
• Stop functioning or cohering as a unit.
  • usage: "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
  • synonyms: disband
• Cause to lose control emotionally.
  • usage: "The news dissolved her into tears"
• Lose control emotionally.
  • usage: "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
• Cause to fade away.
  • usage: "dissolve a shot or a picture"
• Pass into a solution.
  • usage: "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
• Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
• Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up.
  • usage: "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
  • synonyms: break up
• Declare void.
  • usage: "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
  • synonyms: dismiss