What part of speech is dissolved?

Dissolved can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. dissolved is a verb, past participle of dissolve (infinitive).
  • 2. dissolved is a verb, past simple of dissolve (infinitive).
  • 3. dissolved is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more dissolved
    most dissolved
  • Positive: dissolved 
  • Comparative: more dissolved
  • Superlative: most dissolved

What does dissolved mean?

Definitions

Adjective

dissolved - (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form; "add the dissolved gelatin"

Verb

dissolve - 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"
dissolve - cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
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"
dissolve - pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
dissolve - become weaker; "The sound faded out"
dissolve - cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
dissolve - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
dissolve - lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
dissolve - cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"
dissolve - come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
dissolve - stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"

Examples of dissolved

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Add the dissolved gelatin.
2. verb This entity was created in 2000 for the acquistion of WarpSpeed Communications (now Enron WarpSpeed Services, Inc. 83N), and then dissolved upon completion of merger.
3. verb Still if you can get your pet shop to do a hardness or TDS (total Dissolved Solids) test, that may give you a hint.
4. verb Parliament has been dissolved.
5. verb My resolution dissolved at the last moment.
6. verb The Diet has been dissolved.
7. verb It's likely the Diet will be dissolved.
8. verb The Diet will soon be dissolved.
9. verb The prime minister dissolved the Diet.
10. verb He dissolved some sugar in his coffee.
11. verb The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
12. verb Ukraine became independent again when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
13. verb The Soviet Union was dissolved on December 26, 1991.
14. verb The amount of dissolved oxygen in the world's oceans has declined by more than 2 percent between 1960 and 2010.
15. verb Throughout the world, rivers carry an estimated four billion tons of dissolved salts to the ocean annually.
16. verb Sami crushed the poisonous pills and dissolved them into juice.
Sentence  
adj.
Add the dissolved gelatin.
verb
This entity was created in 2000 for the acquistion of WarpSpeed Communications (now Enron WarpSpeed Services, Inc. 83N), and then dissolved upon completion of merger.
Still if you can get your pet shop to do a hardness or TDS (total Dissolved Solids) test, that may give you a hint.
Parliament has been dissolved.
My resolution dissolved at the last moment.
The Diet has been dissolved.
It's likely the Diet will be dissolved.
The Diet will soon be dissolved.
The prime minister dissolved the Diet.
He dissolved some sugar in his coffee.
The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
Ukraine became independent again when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
The Soviet Union was dissolved on December 26, 1991.
The amount of dissolved oxygen in the world's oceans has declined by more than 2 percent between 1960 and 2010.
Throughout the world, rivers carry an estimated four billion tons of dissolved salts to the ocean annually.
Sami crushed the poisonous pills and dissolved them into juice.

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