dissolved
part of speech
verb (dissolve, dissolves, dissolved, dissolving — "dissolved" is the past form); adjective (dissolved salt)
meaning for a pupil
1) Mixed completely into a liquid so that it breaks into tiny pieces you cannot see any more, like sugar in tea. tree →
2) Ended or broken up, like a group or a parliament that is dissolved. tree →
3) "Dissolved into tears" or "into laughter" means suddenly started crying or laughing a lot. tree →
4) To be dissolved into thin air means to vanish suddenly, leaving no trace. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, when a solid (the solute) dissolves in a liquid (the solvent), it makes a solution. Salt and sugar dissolve in water; sand and chalk do not. The dissolved substance is still there: the water tastes salty, and you can get the salt back by evaporating the water. Stirring and warm water make things dissolve faster. In stories, "dissolved into giggles" shows someone could not stop laughing. Phrases: "dissolved in water", "completely dissolved", "dissolved into tears", "dissolved oxygen" (in water, for fish).
examples
- The sugar dissolved in my hot chocolate. tree →
- We stirred until all the salt had dissolved. tree →
- Sand has not dissolved; it is still at the bottom. tree →
- The tablet dissolved in the glass of water. tree →
- Fish breathe oxygen dissolved in the water. tree →
- When we let the water evaporate, the dissolved salt was left behind. tree →
- The little girl dissolved into tears. tree →
- The club was dissolved because nobody came. tree →
- Away went the Prince from the Water King, all dissolved in tears. tree →
note
Spelling: double s, dissolved. Trap: dissolving is not the same as melting. Melting is one thing turning from solid to liquid by heat (ice to water); dissolving is a solid mixing into a liquid (sugar in water). A dissolved substance does not disappear, so its mass is still there: 100 g of water + 10 g of salt makes 110 g of salt water.
In the corpora
- A dissolved solid can be got back by letting the water evaporate.
- Filter paper traps soil grains in muddy water, but filtered water is not safe to drink: germs and dissolved things pass through.
- Warm drinks hold less dissolved gas, so pressure in a can rises and cans left in a hot car can burst.
- Ordinary water carries electricity because of the salts and minerals dissolved in it, and so does a wet body.
- Most fish take in oxygen dissolved in the water through their gills.
Trees and pragmatics
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