fuse
verb/fjuːz/
/fjuːz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fuse | /fjuːz/ /fjuːz/ |
| he / she / it fuses | /ˈfjuːzɪz/ /ˈfjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple fused | /fjuːzd/ /fjuːzd/ |
| past participle fused | /fjuːzd/ /fjuːzd/ |
| -ing form fusing | /ˈfjuːzɪŋ/ /ˈfjuːzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (formal or specialist) when one thing fuses with another, or two things fuse or are fused, they are joined together to form a single thing
- fuse (together) As they heal, the bones will fuse together.
- fuse (into something) Our different ideas fused into a plan.
- Their lips fused in a passionate kiss.
- fuse with something The sperm fuses with the egg to begin the process of fertilization.
- fuse something (into something) The two companies have been fused into a single organization.
- Atoms of hydrogen are fused to make helium.
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- [intransitive, transitive] fuse (something) (to something) (specialist) when a substance, especially metal, fuses, or you fuse it, it is heated until it melts and joins with something else
- [intransitive, transitive] fuse (something) (British English) to stop working or to make something stop working because a fuse melts
- The lights have fused.
- I've fused the lights.
- [transitive, usually passive] to put a fuse in a circuit or in a piece of equipment
- be fused Is this plug fused?
Word Originverb late 16th cent.: from Latin fus- ‘poured, melted’, from the verb fundere.
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