verb To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
verb to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc
to solve a murder to solve a crime
verb To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
verb To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
verb To loosen or separate the parts of. To dissolve