fuse
To furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse onTo furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on.
» I lit the fuse.
Я запалив детонатор.
Meaning
8 sensesTo furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on.
equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
(transitive)To liquify by heat; melt.
(transitive)To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
sensations and ideas fusing intimately together
mix together different elements
(intransitive)To melt together.
verschmelzen, verschmelzen
сплавля́тьsplavljátʹ, сплавля́тьсяsplavljátʹsja, слива́тьсяslivátʹsja
(ergative)To combine through nuclear fusion.
(transitive)To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
absichern
предохранятьpredoxranjatʹ
(intransitive)To stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing.
When the bath overflowed, the downstairs lights fused, so we need a torch.
To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings.
Examples
64 sentencesI lit the fuse.
Я запалив детонатор.
Tom certainly has a short fuse.
You need to replace the fuse?
I'm going to replace the fuse.
I can't find our box of fuses.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”). Back-formation from fusFrom Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun.
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Forms
fuses, fusing, fused, fusedSynonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle