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Audio Help [fyooz] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, fused, fus·ing.

–noun

1.	a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.

2.	fuze (def. 1).

–verb (used with object)

3.	fuze (def. 3).

—Idiom

4.	have a short fuse, Informal. to anger easily; have a quick temper.

[Origin: 1635–45; < It fuso < L fūsus spindle

]

—Related forms

fuseless, adjective

fuselike, adjective

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Audio Help [fyooz] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, fused, fus·ing.

–noun

1.	Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to combine or blend by melting together; melt.

3.	to unite or blend into a whole, as if by melting together: The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a cohesive whole.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to become liquid under the action of heat; melt: At a relatively low temperature the metal will fuse.

5.	to become united or blended: The two groups fused to create one strong union.

6.	Chiefly British. to overload an electric circuit so as to burn out a fuse.

—Idiom

7.	blow a fuse, Informal. to lose one's temper; become enraged: If I'm late again, they'll blow a fuse.

[Origin: 1675–85; < L fūsus melted, poured, cast, ptp. of fundere

]

—Synonyms 2. See melt.

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fuse¹ also fuze Audio Help (fyōōz) Pronunciation Key
n.

A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.
often fuze A mechanical or electrical mechanism used to detonate an explosive charge or device such as a bomb or grenade: "A mechanical . . . switch is used to initiate the fuzes" (International Defense Review).

tr.v. fused also fuzed, fus·ing also fuz·ing, fus·es also fuz·es
To equip with a mechanical or electrical fuse: "The bomb . . . was fuzed and timed to explode after the aircraft had taken off" (Aviation Week & Space Technology).

[From Italian fuso, spindle (originally from its shape), from Latin fūsus.]

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v. fused, fus·ing, fus·es

v. tr.

To liquefy or reduce to a plastic state by heating; melt.
To mix (constituent elements) together by or as if by melting; blend.

v. intr.

To become liquefied from heat.
To become mixed or united by or as if by melting together: "There was no separation between joy and sorrow: they fused into one" (Henry Miller). See Synonyms at mix.

n. A safety device that protects an electric circuit from excessive current, consisting of or containing a metal element that melts when current exceeds a specific amperage, thereby opening the circuit.

[Latin fundere, fūs-, to melt; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fuse (v.)

1681, "to melt," from fusion. Figurative sense of "blending of different things" is first recorded 1776.

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fuse
noun
1.	an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
2.	any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
verb
1.	mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
2.	become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
3.	equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse [ant: defuse]
4.	make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains"

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fuse

see blow a fuse.

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fuse1 [fjuːz] verb

to melt (together) as a result of great heat
Example: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.

Arabic:	يَصْهَر، يُذَوِّب
Chinese (Simplified):	熔合
Chinese (Traditional):	熔合
Czech:	spojit tavením
Danish:	smelte
Dutch:	samensmelten
Estonian:	sulatama, sulama
Finnish:	sulattaa, sulaa
French:	fusionner
German:	(ver-)schmelzen
Greek:	(συν)τήκω, συγχωνεύω
Hungarian:	összeolvad; egybeolvaszt
Icelandic:	bræða (saman)
Indonesian:	melelehkan
Japanese:	溶ける

Korean:	녹다, 결합하다; 녹이다, 결합시키다
Latvian:	kausēt (metālu)
Lithuanian:	lydytis, su(si)lydyti
Norwegian:	smelte sammen
Polish:	stapiać się
Portuguese (Brazil):	fundir
Portuguese (Portugal):	amalgamar(-se)
Romanian:	a (se) topi
Russian:	сплавлять(ся)
Slovak:	zlúčiť sa
Slovenian:	spajati se
Spanish:	fundir(se), fusionar(se)
Swedish:	smälta samman
Turkish:	kaynaşmak

fuse2 [fjuːz] verb

(of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse
Example: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.

Arabic:	يَتَوقَّف بِسَبَب إنْصهار القابِس الكهربائي
Chinese (Simplified):	因保险丝烧断而电路不通
Chinese (Traditional):	因保險絲燒斷而電路不通
Czech:	zhasnout spálením pojistky
Danish:	gå ud; brænde over
Dutch:	(doen) uitvallen
Estonian:	läbi põlema, (korke) läbi põletama
Finnish:	sammua, sammuttaa
French:	(faire) sauter
German:	durchbrennen
Greek:	καίω, καίγομαι (π.χ. για ηλεκτρική συσκευή)
Hungarian:	kiég (biztosíték)
Icelandic:	fara, springa, detta út
Indonesian:	mematikan
Japanese:	ヒューズが切れる

Korean:	퓨즈가 나가다; 퓨즈를 끊다, 불이 나가게 하다
Latvian:	(par drošinātāju) izdegt
Lithuanian:	perdegti, perdeginti
Norwegian:	gå ut, slokne
Polish:	spalać (się)
Portuguese (Brazil):	fundir
Portuguese (Portugal):	fundir-se
Romanian:	a arde
Russian:	погаснуть; пережечь
Slovak:	vybiť, *spáliť poistky
Slovenian:	pregoreti
Spanish:	fundir(se) (los plomos); saltar (los fusibles); estallar, explotar
Swedish:	slockna
Turkish:	sigorta(sı) atmak

fuse [fjuːz] noun

a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off
Example: She mended the fuse.

Arabic:	قابِس كهربائي
Chinese (Simplified):	保险丝
Chinese (Traditional):	保險絲
Czech:	pojistka
Danish:	sikring
Dutch:	zekering
Estonian:	kaitse
French:	fusible
German:	die Sicherung
Greek:	ασφάλεια ηλεκτρικού κυκλώματος
Hungarian:	(olvadó)biztosító
Icelandic:	rafmagnsöryggi
Indonesian:	sekering
Japanese:	ヒューズ

Korean:	퓨즈
Latvian:	drošinātājs
Lithuanian:	saugiklis
Norwegian:	sikring
Polish:	bezpiecznik
Portuguese (Brazil):	fusível
Portuguese (Portugal):	fusível
Romanian:	siguranţă
Russian:	пробка
Slovak:	poistka
Slovenian:	varovalka
Spanish:	fusible, plomo
Swedish:	säkring, propp
Turkish:	sigorta

fuse [fjuːz] noun

a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time
Example: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.

Arabic:	فَتيل المُتَفَجِّرات
Chinese (Simplified):	导火线
Chinese (Traditional):	導火線
Czech:	rozbuška
Danish:	lunte
Dutch:	lont
Estonian:	sütik
Finnish:	sytytin
French:	détonateur
German:	der Zünder
Greek:	φιτίλι
Hungarian:	gyutacs, gyújtó
Icelandic:	sprengiþráður
Indonesian:	sumbu

Japanese:	導火線
Korean:	신관, 도화선
Latvian:	deglis
Lithuanian:	degiklis
Norwegian:	lunte, brann-, *tennrør
Polish:	lont, zapalnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	detonador
Portuguese (Portugal):	rastilho
Romanian:	fitil
Russian:	запал; фитиль
Slovak:	rozbuška
Slovenian:	vžigalna vrvica
Swedish:	stubintråd, tändrör
Turkish:	fitil, fünye

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Noun

A safety device that protects an electric circuit from becoming overloaded. Fuses contain a length of thin wire (usually of a metal alloy) that melts and breaks the circuit if too much current flows through it. They were traditionally used to protect electronic equipment and prevent fires, but have largely been replaced by circuit breakers.
A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.

Verb

To melt something, such as metal or glass, by heating.
To blend two or more substances by melting.

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FUSE
A DEC software development environment for ULTRIX, offering an integrated toolkit for developing, testing, debugging and maintenance.

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Af*fuse"\ ([a^]f*f[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affused (-f[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Affusing.] [L. affusus, p. p. of affundere to pour to; ad + fundere. See Fuse.] To pour out or upon. [R.]

I first affused water upon the compressed beans. --Boyle.

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Fuse

Al"che*my\, n. [OF. alkemie, arquemie, F. alchimie, Ar. al-k[=i]m[=i]a, fr. late Gr. ?, for ?, a mingling, infusion, ? juice, liquid, especially as extracted from plants, fr. ? to pour; for chemistry was originally the art of extracting the juices from plants for medicinal purposes. Cf. Sp. alquimia, It. alchimia. Gr. ? is prob. akin to L. fundere to pour, Goth. guitan, AS. ge['o]tan, to pour, and so to E. fuse. See Fuse, and cf. Chemistry.]

1. An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

2. A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [Obs.]

Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. --Milton.

3. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. --Shak.

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Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.]

1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. --Locke.

Let us go down, and there confound their language. --Gen. xi. 7.

2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. --Macaulay.

3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall. --Shak.

They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps. xxii. 5.

So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. --Milton.

4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]

One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak.

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.

Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

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Con*fute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confuting.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See Fuse to melt.] To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing fallacious drift. --Milton.

No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error. --Chillingworth.

I confute a good profession with a bad conversation. --Fuller.

Syn: To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn.

Usage: To Confute, Refute. Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, "the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him."

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Dif*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffused; p. pr. & vb. n. Diffusing.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.

Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite. --Milton.

We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. --Whewell.

Syn: To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim.

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