Fusing

[fyooz] /fyuz/

noun
1.
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
2.
(def 1).
verb (used with object), fused, fusing.
3.
(def 3).
Idioms
4.
have a short fuse, Informal. to anger easily; have a quick temper.
[fyooz] /fyuz/
noun
1.
Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit.
Compare .
verb (used with object), fused, fusing.
2.
to combine or blend by melting together; melt.
3.
to unite or blend into a whole, as if by melting together:
The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a cohesive whole.
verb (used without object), fused, fusing.
4.
to become liquid under the action of heat; melt:
At a relatively low temperature the metal will fuse.
5.
to become united or blended:
The two groups fused to create one strong union.
6.
Chiefly British. to overload an electric circuit so as to burn out a fuse.
Idioms
7.
blow a fuse, Informal. to lose one’s temper; become enraged:
If I’m late again, they’ll blow a fuse.
/fjuːz/
noun
1.
a lead of combustible black powder in a waterproof covering (safety fuse), or a lead containing an explosive (detonating fuse), used to fire an explosive charge
2.
any device by which an explosive charge is ignited
3.
blow a fuse, See blow1 (sense 12)
verb
4.
(transitive) to provide or equip with such a fuse
/fjuːz/
verb
1.
to unite or become united by melting, esp by the action of heat: to fuse borax and copper sulphate at a high temperature
2.
to become or cause to become liquid, esp by the action of heat; melt
3.
to join or become combined; integrate
4.
(transitive) to equip (an electric circuit, plug, etc) with a fuse
5.
(Brit) to fail or cause to fail as a result of the blowing of a fuse: the lights fused
noun
6.
a protective device for safeguarding electric circuits, etc, containing a wire that melts and breaks the circuit when the current exceeds a certain value
v.

1680s, “to melt” (transitive), back-formation from fusion. Intransitive sense, “to become liquid,” attested from 1800. Figurative sense of “blend different things” is first recorded 1817. Related: Fused; fusing.
n.

“combustible cord or tube for lighting an explosive device,” also fuze, 1640s, from Italian fuso “spindle” (so called because the originals were long, thin tubes filled with gunpowder), from Latin fusus “spindle,” of uncertain origin. Influenced by French fusée “spindleful of hemp fiber,” and obsolete English fusee “musket fired by a fuse.” Meaning “device that breaks an electrical circuit” first recorded 1884, so named for its shape, but erroneously attributed to fuse (v.) because it melts.
fuse
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Related Terms

blow a gasket, have a short fuse
see: blow a fuse