fuse
/fjuːz/ verb C1- To liquify by heat; melt.
- To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. · sensations and ideas fusing intimately together
- To melt together.
- To combine through nuclear fusion.
- To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
- 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.
He/she/it fuses · Past fused · Past participle fused · -ing form fusing
Verb forms
- Base form
- fuse
- He/she/it
- fuses
- Past
- fused
- Past participle
- fused
- -ing form
- fusing
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Many of the items brought in leave in working order, often after a repair that takes only minutes: a loose wire, a worn belt, a blown fuse.
By fusing the emotional depth of the Delta blues with upbeat tempos and amplified instrumentation, musicians inadvertently invented rock and roll.
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