dissolve | (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next, the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out |
thaw melt thawing melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid, the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster, the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
melt a disappear a evaporate | become less intense and fade away gradually, her resistance melted under his charm, her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
fade melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable, disappear gradually or seemingly, The scene begins to fade, The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk |
mellow melt mellow out | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial, With age, he mellowed |
dissolve dismiss | declare void, The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections |
dissolve break up | come to an end, Their marriage dissolved, The tobacco monopoly broke up |
dissolve break up | 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 thaw unfreeze unthaw dethaw melt | 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 |
melt meld | lose its distinct outline or shape, blend gradually, Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene |
melt run melt down | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating, melt butter, melt down gold, The wax melted in the sun |
dissolve | pass into a solution, The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee |
dissolve resolve break up | cause to go into a solution, The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water |
dissolve fade out fade away | become weaker, The sound faded out |
dissolve b | cause to fade away, dissolve a shot or a picture |
dissolve | lose control emotionally, She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme |
dissolve | cause to lose control emotionally, The news dissolved her into tears |
disband dissolve | stop functioning or cohering as a unit, The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting |