to dissolve
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3.9
- verb
- /dɪˈzɑlv/
:
desvanecerse
- In the distance, the mountains dissolved into the fog, becoming barely visible.
- begin to dissolve
- dissolve into history
- life dissolves
If you feel like you're going crazy, dying, melting, dissolving, don't fight it.
- If you feel like you're going crazy, dying, melting, dissolving, don't fight it.
- Poetry is what dissolves the old binary oppositions.
- Well, that the role I should be able to see myself dissolving into my phone.
- All physical disturbances have dissolved away.
- We'll we'll just, we'll just sort of our, our faith dissolves and it becomes something else.
- Then she said, well, looks fade, lust can dissolve.
- Feel the fear, then you will find it begins to dissolve.
- And she said, well, looks fade, lust dissolve.
- And I thought that if I could just keep the faith and the screen dissolves.
- It was vibes for the first couple of chapters and then it just dissolved.
- And one of the things is that your ego in some ways dissolves.
- It's just such a joyful experience to be able to, to tune in and let this outer experience dissolve around me.
- Well, if it is, then it doesn't make that much sense for, you know, the universal that is this to be dissolving itself in each person.
Examples
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A whirling dust devil rose up at the curb and then dissolved into the air.
Fiction book (1992) -
That's when confidence in the project began to dissolve.
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Lie back and let the planet dissolve around you
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When Lisa and I see each other, all time will dissolve away between us.
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All those relationships dissolving before your eyes.
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I love the way the people seem to be dissolving into the background.
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A thin column of smoke rising into the air and dissolving into the white sky.
Fiction book (1993) -
Gradually, both smoke and mist began to dissolve, once more revealing the mummified corpse.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's a deep heritage and connection between these people, and he's seen that falter and dissolve, and he doesn't like it.
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It's that dark basement, or what you can't see in the water, and the more we understand about sharks and their motivations and the behaviors, the more that fear just dissolves away.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop being seen or to no longer be there
531
1.2
To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud
463
1.0
To stop being seen or felt
73
2.8
To become part of the background and less clear
72
5.1
To become smaller or less in number over time
69
3.0
To become weaker and then disappear over time
48
6.8
To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension
38
4.1
Gradually become less strong until a feeling is gone
19
4.3
To become less in amount or quality
15
3.9
Gradually become harder to see or quieter until it disappears
9
5.6
To slowly become weaker and then stop
1
4.6
Slowly get smaller in number or amount until nothing remains
1
5.1
To become slowly smaller or less until almost nothing remains
To disappear slowly like mist
Antonyms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dissolve comes from the parts dis- 'apart' and solve 'loosen', the same root you see in solution. So when a feeling or image dissolves, it is slowly 'loosened apart' until it fades away.