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How to sign: cause to go into a solution
"The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water";
Similiar / Same: break up, resolve
Categories: change integrity
Within this category: cut, melt
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
Categories: flux, liquefy, liquify
Within this category: defrost, deliquesce
How to sign: become weaker
"The sound faded out";
Similiar / Same: fade out, fade away
Categories: change state, turn
How to sign: stop functioning or cohering as a unit
"The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting";
Similiar / Same: disband
Categories: break up
