| digestive | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. digestive | any substance that promotes digestion. |
| ~ substance | a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties.; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man" |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. digestive | relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion.; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment" |
| digestion | | |
| n. (process) | 1. digestion | the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat. |
| ~ chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved. |
| n. (process) | 2. digestion | the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body. |
| ~ gastric digestion | the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach. |
| ~ biological process, organic process | a process occurring in living organisms. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. digestion | learning and coming to understand ideas and information.; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion" |
| ~ learning, acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| dissolve | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. dissolve | (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out. |
| ~ transition | a passage that connects a topic to one that follows. |
| v. (change) | 2. dissolve, fade away, fade out | become weaker.; "The sound faded out" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ dissolve | cause to fade away.; "dissolve a shot or a picture" |
| v. (change) | 3. break up, dissolve, resolve | cause to go into a solution.; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ melt, melt down, run | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" |
| ~ dissolve | pass into a solution.; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" |
| ~ cut | dissolve by breaking down the fat of.; "soap cuts grease" |
| v. (change) | 4. break up, dissolve | come to an end.; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (motion) | 5. disband, dissolve | stop functioning or cohering as a unit.; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" |
| ~ break up | come apart.; "the group broke up" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. dissolve | cause to lose control emotionally.; "The news dissolved her into tears" |
| ~ dissolve | lose control emotionally.; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme" |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| v. (emotion) | 7. dissolve | lose control emotionally.; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme" |
| ~ lose it, break down, snap | lose control of one's emotions.; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" |
| ~ dissolve | cause to lose control emotionally.; "The news dissolved her into tears" |
| v. (change) | 8. dissolve | cause to fade away.; "dissolve a shot or a picture" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dissolve, fade away, fade out | become weaker.; "The sound faded out" |
| ~ etch | selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons. |
| v. (change) | 9. dissolve | pass into a solution.; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" |
| ~ disintegrate | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| v. (change) | 10. dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw | 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" |
| ~ deliquesce | melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" |
| ~ de-ice, defrost, deice | make or become free of frost or ice.; "Defrost the car window" |
| ~ flux, liquify, liquefy | become liquid or fluid when heated.; "the frozen fat liquefied" |
| v. (change) | 11. break up, dissolve | bring the association of to an end or cause to break up.; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" |
| ~ dismiss, dissolve | declare void.; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (change) | 12. dismiss, dissolve | declare void.; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dissolve, break up | bring the association of to an end or cause to break up.; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" |
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