dissolved
di-ZAHLVD/dɪˈzɑlvd/UKdi-ZOLVD/dɪˈzɒlvd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of dissolve. Use this form when talking about something that already broke down into a liquid.
The sugar dissolved quickly in the hot tea.
The pill had dissolved before she finished the glass of water.
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- 2Broken apart and spread evenly all through a liquid.
Like sugar that disappears into tea after you stir it well.
The dissolved sugar made the lemonade taste sweet.
Fish need enough dissolved oxygen in the water to breathe.
Oppositeundissolved, particulate, suspended
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dissolved is a form of dissolve
dissolve, verb: To mix a solid into a liquid until it breaks apart and becomes part of it. Full entry
- Forms
- dissolvedissolves he/she/itdissolving -ing formdissolved past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- dissolve → dissolved: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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