dissolving
adj. B2 Upper Intermediate US //dɪˈzɔɫvɪŋ// UK //dɪsˈɒlvɪŋ// dis·solv·ing
adj. becoming part of a liquid and disappearing. You use this to describe something like sugar or salt when it mixes into water.
adj. undergoing the process of passing into solution; becoming chemically or physically integrated into a liquid medium. Often used as a participial adjective to describe substances in the middle of this transition.
The dissolving sugar makes the tea sweet.
Scientists monitored the dissolving rate of the new medicine to see how fast it entered the bloodstream.
The image of the dissolving coastline served as a powerful metaphor for the fragile nature of the protagonist's childhood memories.
Usage
Typically used as a participial adjective before a noun; can also follow a linking verb like 'is' or 'appears'.