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Webster 1913 Edition

Fuse

Fuse

(fūz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fused
(fūzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fusing
.]
[L.
fusus
, p. p. of
fundere
to pour, melt, cast. See
Foundo
to cast, and cf.
Futile
.]
1.
To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
2.
To unite or blend, as if melted together.
Whose fancy
fuses
old and new.
Tennyson.

Fuse

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
2.
To be blended, as if melted together.
Fusing point
,
the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point.

Fuse

,
Noun.
[For
fusee
,
fusil
. See 2d
Fusil
.]
(Gunnery, Mining, etc.)
1.
A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; – called also
fuzee
. See
Fuze
.
Fuse hole
,
the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse.
Farrow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fuse

FUSE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. fundo, fusum, to pour out.]
To melt; to liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve.

FUSE

,
Verb.
I.
To be melted; to be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

Definition 2024

fuse

fuse

See also: fusé

English

Noun

fuse ‎(plural fuses)

  1. (also fuze in US) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
  2. (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
  3. A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
  4. Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
    When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
  5. A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
  6. A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).

Verb

fuse ‎(third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)

  1. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
  2. (intransitive) To melt together.
  3. To furnish with or install a fuse.
  4. (organic chemistry) 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
Translations

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fuse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fuser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of fuser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
  5. second-person singular imperative of fuser

Italian

Adjective

fuse

  1. feminine plural of fuso

Verb

fuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of fondere

Participle

fuse

  1. feminine plural of fuso

Noun

fuse f

  1. plural of fusa

Latin

Participle

fūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of fūsus

References

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fuˈse]

Verb

fuse

  1. third-person singular simple perfect form of fi. he/she has been

Synonyms

  • fu (informal)

Venetian

Verb

fuse

  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
  2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
  3. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of èser

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fusus ‎(“spindle”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fyo͞oz, IPA(key): /fjuːz/
  • Hyphenation: fuse
  • Rhymes: -uːz

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