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According to WordNet, the verb "dissolve" has 11 sense(s).

200446329 pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee".

200338559 declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections".

200447309 cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water".

201784799 cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears".

200355803 come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up".

202029944 stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting".

200355955 bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company".

200447950 cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture".

200447771 become weaker; "The sound faded out".

201784592 lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme".

200376106 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".

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