unfuse en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + fuse.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To separate before a fusion; to make no longer fused.
A fused hem is almost impossible to change because adhesive residue sticks all over the place when you try to unfuse it.
2040, Jan Saunders Maresh, Sewing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 10008383948494:Nobody can unfuse fused bones, Quen, nobody."
1997, Dana Redfield, Ezekiel's Chariot, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN, page 172:I've become permanently fused with him. And I can't unfuse. I'm sitting here waiting to unfuse
2003, Michael Pinsky, Future Present: Ethics And/as Science Fiction, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, →ISBN, page 176:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unfused | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfused | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unfusing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfuses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |