Antonyms for dissolving
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-zolv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzɒlv |
- aid
- allow
- appear
- approve
- assemble
- assist
- bear
- begin
- build
- coagulate
- collect
- combine
- concentrate
- construct
- continue
- create
- develop
- employ
- engage
- establish
- fix
- gather
- grow
- help
- hire
- hold
- improve
- increase
- institute
- integrate
- join
- keep
- maintain
- marry
- open
- permit
- put together
- repair
- resolve
- restore
- rise
- sanction
- solidify
- start
- support
- unite
- unmix
- validate
Definition of dissolving
Origin :- late 14c. (transitive and intransitive) "to break up" (of material substances), from Latin dissolvere "to loosen up, break apart," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + solvere "to loose, loosen" (see solve). Meaning "to disband" (an assembly) is early 15c. Related: Dissolved; dissolving.
- verb melt from solid to liquid; mix in
- verb disappear, disintegrate
- verb annul, discontinue
- The electric lights were dissolving in the gray alembic of the dawn.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- The mob was dissolving into thin smoke, and the horizon was shrinking.
- Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- He dared not stir, for all the world seemed to be dissolving into chaos.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- To go to one and boldly open it she must; yet her tissues were dissolving, her eyes dim.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- To effect this, I see no way so practicable as dissolving the confederacy.
- Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
- Or, instead of dissolving the Gelatine in water, use strong coffee.
- Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
- If a storm arises, the whole creation seems to be dissolving.
- Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
- This will effervesce during the time the acid is dissolving the zinc.
- Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- The State indeed was dissolving, but the individual was evolving.
- Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
- She had become melting, as if her sadness were dissolving into caresses.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
Synonyms for dissolving
- abrogate
- adjourn
- annihilate
- break down
- break into pieces
- break up
- cancel
- collapse
- crumble
- decimate
- decline
- decompose
- defront
- deliquesce
- demolish
- destroy
- destruct
- diffuse
- dilapidate
- disband
- discharge
- dismiss
- disorganize
- disperse
- dissipate
- disunite
- divorce
- do away with
- dwindle
- end
- eradicate
- evanesce
- evaporate
- fade
- fluidify
- flux
- fuse
- invalidate
- liquefy
- liquesce
- loose
- melt away
- overthrow
- perish
- postpone
- put an end to
- quash
- render
- render void
- repeal
- resolve into
- ruin
- run
- separate
- sever
- shatter
- shoot
- soften
- suspend
- terminate
- thaw
- unmake
- vacate
- vanish
- void
- waste away
- wind up
- wrack
- wreck
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