Dissolves
[di'zɔlvz]
Examples
- Whereas I am hot, and fire dissolves ice. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This dissolves in water, but when boiled in large quantities of the same it is decomposed into glycerine and boracic acid. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Part of a fluid, having more of what it dissolves, will communicate to other parts that have less. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The positive metal electrode gradually dissolves and replaces the metal lost from the solution by deposit and electroplating can continue as long as any positive electrode remains. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the drunkard stinks and vomits in his own bed and dissolves his organs in alcohol. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Water dissolves salt, and also dissolves lead nitrate, but if a salt solution is mixed with a lead nitrate solution, a solid white substance is formed in the water (Fig. 32). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And anything which is infected by any of these evils is made evil, and at last wholly dissolves and dies? Plato. The Republic.
- If, however, we examine this generalization more closely, it dissolves into thin air. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The labor can be greatly lessened by moistening the scrubbing cloth with turpentine and applying it to the greasy film, which immediately dissolves and thus can be easily removed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The proportions in which salicylic acid dissolves are: One part by weight in 300 to 500 parts of cold water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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