to dissolve

Examples

• All

• The shells of the eggs had dissolved, but the moist environment had preserved their membranes.

  Academic text (2008)

• And then after a couple of days, it's completely dissolved.

  Julie Darling (1983)

• I want you to let it dissolve, okay?

  Freaky Farley (2007)

• I need to dissolve this.

  Wicked Little Letters (2024)

• So it's going to help to dissolve the plaque there.

  Jack Neel

• The instant coffee really needs the milk to dissolve itself, right?

• If you have another attack, dissolve 1 of these under your tongue, and swallow the saliva.

  The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

• Our product dissolves completely in ordinary gasoline, making it absolutely undetectable.

  Licence to Kill (1989)

• Stir the masa into 5 cups of water until it "dissolves" into a smooth mixture.

  Academic text (1994)

• When heated, sugar will dissolve in water, creating a sweet solution.

Synonyms

R

to resolve

vsto dissolve

• Specialized

2 7.4

To make a solid mix into a liquid so it seems to disappear

can mean mixing or simply becoming mixed without an outside cause

S

to solubilize

vsto dissolve

• Specialized

7.9

To make a substance dissolve in a liquid, often by adding a chemical

is the general process of mixing with a liquid rather than using chemicals

Antonyms

S

to solidify

55 4.4

To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools

C

to congeal

11 6.6

To become thick and semi-solid like jelly when it cools

How Rehydrated

to reconstitute

2 5.4

to rehydrate

11 3.9

to dissolve

64 2.4

to wet

26 1.0

to moisten

7 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology