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noun | verb fusefuse1 /fyuz/ ●○○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYfuse1Origin: (1) 1800-1900 ➔ FUSE2 (2,3) 1600-1700 Italian fuso spindle (= long thin part which turns around), from Latin fusus ► a fuse blew Suddenly, a fuse blew and the whole house went dark. ► blew a fuse The electronic scoreboard blew a fuse and the display disappeared. 1 physics, science a short thin piece of wire that is inside electrical equipment and prevents damage by melting and stopping the electricity when there is too much power: Suddenly, a fuse blew and the whole house went dark. The electronic scoreboard blew a fuse and the display disappeared.2 (also fuze) a part of a bomb, fireworks, etc. that delays the explosion until you are a safe distance away, or makes it explode at a particular time3have a short fuse to get angry very easily: Dad has a very short fuse. → see also blow a fuse at blow1 (10) noun | verb fusefuse2 verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYfuse2Origin: 1500-1600 Latin fusus, past participle of fundere to pour, melt VERB TABLEfuse |
Present | I, you, we, they | fuse | | he, she, it | fuses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fused | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fused | | he, she, it | has fused | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fused | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fuse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fused |
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Present | I | am fusing | | he, she, it | is fusing | | you, we, they | are fusing | Past | I, he, she, it | was fusing | | you, we, they | were fusing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fusing | | he, she, it | has been fusing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fusing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fusing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fusing |
1to join together, or to make things join together, to become a single thing: Getz was one of the first musicians to fuse jazz and Latin rhythms. King sought to fuse the civil rights movement with anti-war activists.2science, physics if metals, rocks, etc. fuse or if you fuse them, they become joined together by being heated: The radio’s wires had been fused by the heat.3science, physics if a rock or metal fuses or if you fuse it, it becomes liquid by being heated |