From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
Meanings
A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion. 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end.
(alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes) Alternative spelling of fuze, a detonator, any mechanism igniting an explosive substance or device.
When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
A kind of match for starting a fire: ▸ A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
A kind of match for starting a fire: ▸ A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
slow match (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · quick match (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · black match (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · proximity fuse (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · percussion fuse (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · long fuse (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · short fuse (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive)
eo meĉo (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · it miccia (detonator) · oc detonator (detonator) · el θρυαλλίδα (detonator) · da tændrør (detonator) · cs rozbuška (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ga aidhnín (detonator) · sv stubin (tendency to lose one's temper) · hu könnyen dühbe gurul (tendency to lose one's temper) · tr fünye (detonator) · cs roznětka (detonator) · fr détonateur (detonator) · oc meca (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cy ffiws (detonator) · el εμπύρευμα (detonator) · es mecha (tendency to lose one's temper) · ota فتیل (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cs doutnák (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · fo fjús (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cy ffiws (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ru фити́ль (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · tl tunawin (detonator) · cmn 引信 (detonator) · ru детона́тор (detonator) · nl lont (detonator) · hu gyutacs (detonator) · oc detonador (detonator) · is kveikiþráður (detonator) · it detonatore (detonator) · pt rastilho (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cs rozbuška (detonator) · mi wiki (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · sv tändrör (detonator) · az piltə (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · de Zünder (detonator) · fi sytytyslanka (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · fo krúttráður (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · es espoleta (detonator) · no fenghette (detonator) · hu gyújtózsinór (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ko 도화선 (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · el θρυαλλίδα (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · an mecha (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · da lunte (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · sh fìtīlj (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · de Zündschnur (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · pl bezpiecznik (detonator) · cmn 導火線 /导火线 (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · pl zapalnik (detonator) · hu türelmetlenség (tendency to lose one's temper) · fi pinna (tendency to lose one's temper) · ca espoleta (detonator) · ar فَتِيل (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ba филтә (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ca metxa (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · es mecha (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · es espiga (detonator) · ga fiús (detonator) · hu kanóc (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · fi sytytin (detonator) · sh upàljāč (detonator) · hu hirtelen harag (tendency to lose one's temper) · mi wiki (detonator) · fr mèche (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · it miccia (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ja 信管 (detonator) · nl lont (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cmn 引線 /引线 (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · uk запа́л (detonator) · fr plomb (tendency to lose one's temper) · pl lont (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ga fiús (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ko 신관 (detonator) · fr cordeau (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · tr fitil (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · mk фитил (detonator) · ms fius (detonator) · no lunte (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cmn 導火索 /导火索 (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · uk запальни́й ґніт (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · th ชนวน (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ru огнепрово́дный шнур (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · eo brulŝnuro (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · et sütik (detonator) · sv stubin (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ru запа́л (detonator) · ja 導火線 (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · cmn 信管 (detonator) · ga aidhnín (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · hu könnyen begurul (tendency to lose one's temper) · cmn 引火線 /引火线 (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · az fitil (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · ca corda (tendency to lose one's temper) · th ชนวน (detonator) · hy պատրույգ (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · no tennsats (detonator) · uk запа́лювальний ґніт (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · el φιτίλι (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · it innesco (detonator) · sv stubintråd (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · pt pavio (detonator) · bg запа́лка (detonator) · ms sumbu (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · pt pavio (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive) · bg фити́л (wick or cord used to convey flame to an explosive)
Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun.
Meanings
A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
eu fusible (device preventing overload of a circuit) · af smeltdraad (device preventing overload of a circuit) · io fuzeblo (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ca fusible (device preventing overload of a circuit) · nb sikring (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ar مصهر (device preventing overload of a circuit) · it fusibile (device preventing overload of a circuit) · yue 灰屎 (device preventing overload of a circuit) · yue 灰士 (device preventing overload of a circuit) · sk poistky (device preventing overload of a circuit) · eo fandaĵo (device preventing overload of a circuit) · yue 保險絲 /保险丝 (device preventing overload of a circuit) · lt saugiklis (device preventing overload of a circuit) · id pengaman lebur (device preventing overload of a circuit) · fr plomb (device preventing overload of a circuit) · de Sicherung (device preventing overload of a circuit) · pl bezpiecznik (device preventing overload of a circuit) · es fius (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ru пла́вкий предохрани́тель (device preventing overload of a circuit) · fi varoke (device preventing overload of a circuit) · cy ffiwsen (device preventing overload of a circuit) · st lethose (device preventing overload of a circuit) · nan-hbl 軟線 /软线 (device preventing overload of a circuit) · lv drošinātājs (device preventing overload of a circuit) · sv säkring (device preventing overload of a circuit) · cmn 保險絲 /保险丝 (device preventing overload of a circuit) · id sekring (device preventing overload of a circuit) · st fiyusi (device preventing overload of a circuit) · cy ffiws (device preventing overload of a circuit) · fi sulake (device preventing overload of a circuit) · cs pojistka (device preventing overload of a circuit) · sv propp (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ga fiús (device preventing overload of a circuit) · el τηκτασφάλεια (device preventing overload of a circuit) · nn sikring (device preventing overload of a circuit) · hu biztosíték (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ar مُنْصَهِرَة (device preventing overload of a circuit) · mi katiara (device preventing overload of a circuit) · bg бушо́н (device preventing overload of a circuit) · pt fusível (device preventing overload of a circuit) · sh osigùrāč (device preventing overload of a circuit) · th ฟิวส์ (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ja ヒューズ (device preventing overload of a circuit) · sk poistka (device preventing overload of a circuit) · eo fandogardilo (device preventing overload of a circuit) · es fusible (device preventing overload of a circuit) · nl zekering (device preventing overload of a circuit) · da sikring (device preventing overload of a circuit) · fr fusible (device preventing overload of a circuit) · fo sikring (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ru про́бка (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ms fius (device preventing overload of a circuit) · hu olvadóbiztosító (device preventing overload of a circuit) · fa فیوز (device preventing overload of a circuit) · vi cầu chì (device preventing overload of a circuit) · ko 퓨즈 (device preventing overload of a circuit) · mi waea katiara (device preventing overload of a circuit)
Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun.
Meanings
(transitive) To liquify by heat; melt.
Pure sodium is a lustrous metal... it fuses very easily at a temperature of 97°, and distils at a bright red heat (742°...) 1891, Dmitri Mendeleev, The Principles of Chemistry (1905) 3rd edition, Vol. 2, p.553, Tr. George Kamensky, of Основы химии (1867)
(transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
sensations and ideas fusing intimately together
That each, who seems a separate whole,
Should move his rounds, and fusing all
The skirts of self again, should fall
Remerging in the general Soul,
Is faith as vague as all unsweet: […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 69:
All these were based broadly on the management framework of the old companies, except that the former Southern and North Eastern Areas of the old L.N.E.R. became separate management units, while the former L.M.S.R. and L.N.E.R. lines north of the Border were fused into a self-contained Scottish Region. 1958 January 14, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
Actually the New York, New Haven and Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook and Rutland Railroads already are doing so; if they are fused, they would have a combined route mileage of 5,269 and assets totalling £318 million, [...]. 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9:
(intransitive) To melt together.
(ergative) To combine through nuclear fusion.
(transitive) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
(intransitive, of a circuit) 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.
pl połączyć (transitive: to melt together) · ru слива́ться (intransitive: to melt together) · ru сплавля́ть (transitive: to melt together) · ru сли́ться (intransitive: to melt together) · ru сплавля́ться (intransitive: to melt together) · he הִתְמַזֵּג (intransitive: to melt together) · de verschmelzen (intransitive: to melt together) · ca fondre (intransitive: to melt together) · bg стапям (transitive: to melt together) · cmn 混合 (intransitive: to melt together) · it fondere (transitive: to melt together) · sv säkra (transitive: to furnish with a fuse) · fi sulauttaa (transitive: to melt together) · ca fondre (transitive: to melt together) · ru предохранять (transitive: to furnish with a fuse) · pt fundir (transitive: to melt together) · it fondersi (intransitive: to melt together) · es fusionar (transitive: to melt together) · fr fondre (transitive: to melt together) · sv sammansmälta (intransitive: to melt together) · gv co-lheie (intransitive: to melt together) · nl smelten (transitive: to furnish with a fuse) · cmn 裝引信 /装引信 (transitive: to furnish with a fuse) · de verschmelzen (transitive: to melt together) · cmn 熔化 (transitive: to melt together) · el λιώνω (transitive: to melt together) · es fusionarse (intransitive: to melt together) · fr fusionner (intransitive: to melt together) · he מִזֵּג (transitive: to melt together) · es fundir (intransitive: to melt together) · fi sulautua (intransitive: to melt together) · cmn 熔化 (intransitive: to melt together) · nl versmelten (transitive: to melt together) · el τήκομαι (intransitive: to melt together) · gv co-lheie (transitive: to melt together) · de absichern (transitive: to furnish with a fuse) · nl samensmelten (intransitive: to melt together) · cmn 混合 (transitive: to melt together) · bg топя се (intransitive: to melt together) · pl stopić (transitive: to melt together) · el τήκω (transitive: to melt together) · es fundir (transitive: to melt together) · sv sammansmälta (transitive: to melt together)