dissolve
verb (used with object)
to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution.
are dissolving
-
present progressiveof dissolve.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Some of their practices were canceled by colonialism; others, preserved in ice as Ötzi was, are dissolving with the melting permafrost, taking the visual keys to ancient cosmologies with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Japan's prime ministers often say they are dissolving parliament to take a policy question to voters, though it can also be in response to a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2023
As the Arctic warms and transforms, many of its most iconic, frozen features are dissolving away.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2021
But suburban teens have now caught up in their droves, at the precise cultural moment where genres are dissolving into one another.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2019
My illusions of our after-school romance are dissolving like vapor.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
