Fuse Definition
fyo͝oz
fused, fuses, fusing, fuzes
noun
fuses
A narrow tube filled with combustible material, or a wick saturated with such material, for setting off an explosive charge.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A mechanical or electrical mechanism used to detonate an explosive charge or device such as a bomb or grenade.
American Heritage
A safety device placed in a circuit, consisting of a replaceable plug or tube containing wire or metal that will melt and break the circuit if the current exceeds a specified amperage.
Webster's New World
Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
Wiktionary
verb
fused, fuses, fusing
To melt, or to join by melting.
Webster's New World
To unite as if by melting together; blend.
Webster's New World
To connect a fuse to.
Webster's New World
To liquefy or reduce to a plastic state by heating; melt.
American Heritage
To unite (atomic nuclei) in the process of nuclear fusion.
Webster's New World
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idiom
blow a fuse
- to have an electrical fuse melt
- to become very angry
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fuse
Origin of Fuse
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From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fusus (“spindle”).
From Wiktionary
From Italian fuso spindle (originally from its shape) from Latin fūsus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin fundere fūs- to melt gheu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).
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