Definition of fuses Fuses
/fjuˈzʌz/ - [fyuzuz] -
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Wiktionary 
- fuses (Noun)
Plural of fuse.
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| fuse - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | ||
| fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | ||
| igniter, ignitor, lighter, light a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | ||
| detonating fuse a fuse containing an explosive | ||
| safety fuse a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance | ||
| fuse - an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | ||
| electrical fuse, safety fuse | ||
| electrical device a device that produces or is powered by electricity | ||
| cartridge fuse a fuse cased in a tube | ||
| circuit breaker, breaker a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | ||
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| fuse - make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains" | ||
| fuse make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains" | ||
| melt down, melt, run become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" | ||
| fuse - become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature" | ||
| liquify, flux, liquefy become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" | ||
| heat up, hot up, heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" | ||
| fuse - equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse | ||
| defuse remove the triggering device from | ||
| outfit, equip, fit out, fit provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer" | ||
| fuse - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" | ||
| blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce, meld, combine, merge | ||
| change integrity change in physical make-up | ||
| mix up, stump remove tree stumps from; "stump a field" | ||
| gauge mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster" | ||
| absorb cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" | ||
| meld, melt announce for a score; of cards in a card game | ||
| blend in, mix in cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" | ||
| accrete grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion" | ||
| conjugate unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds | ||
| admix mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils" | ||
| alloy make an alloy of | ||
| syncretise, syncretize unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) | ||
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Wiktionary
- fuse (Noun)
Also fuze in US A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device. - fuse (Noun)
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device. - fuse (Noun)
A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit. - fuse (Noun)
Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper. - fuse (Verb)
To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. - fuse (Verb)
To melt together. - fuse (Verb)
To furnish with or install a fuse.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fuse (v. t.)
To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt. - fuse (v. t.)
To unite or blend, as if melted together. - fuse (v. i.)
To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt. - fuse (v. i.)
To be blended, as if melted together. - fuse (n.)
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.
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fuse
A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fuse
fūz, v.t. to melt: to liquefy by heat.—v.i. to be melted: to be reduced to a liquid.—n. Fusibil′ity.—adjs. Fū′sible, that may be fused or melted—(Milt.) Fū′sile, Fū′sil.—ns. Fū′sing-point, the temperature at which any solid substance becomes liquid; Fū′sion, act of melting: the state of fluidity from heat: a close union of things, as if melted together.—Aqueous fusion, the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallisation; Dry fusion, the liquefaction produced in salts by heat after the water of crystallisation has been expelled; Igneous fusion, the melting of anhydrous salts by heat without decomposition. [L. fundĕre, fusum, to melt.] -
fuse
fūz, n. a tube filled with combustible matter for firing mines, discharging shells, &c. [It. fuso—L. fusus, a spindle.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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fuse
See FUZE.
