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dissolve collapse: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out; declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"; come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke 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"; 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"; pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"; cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"; become weaker; "The sound faded out"; cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"; lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"; cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

lint collapse: cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds; fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

fallout collapse: the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

wear away collapse: diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"

flour collapse: fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain; convert grain into flour; cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it"

spoil collapse: the act of stripping and taking by force; the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"; (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"; become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

drop off collapse: fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

pine collapse: a coniferous tree; straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

grit collapse: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; clench together; "grit one's teeth"; cover with a grit; "grit roads"

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

poop out collapse: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

wilt collapse: causing to become limp or drooping; any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots; become limp; "The flowers wilted"; lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

meal collapse: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse; the food served and eaten at one time; any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

bate collapse: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"; flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons; moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"

grain collapse: the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"; foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses; a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"; dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn; 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams; 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams; a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat; paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

fall off collapse: diminish in size or intensity; come off; "This button had fallen off"

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

crumb collapse: small piece of e.g. bread or cake; a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"; remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"; break into crumbs; coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet"

subside collapse: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"; sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"; sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"

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