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fuse
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fyo?oz, IPA(key): /fju?z/
- Hyphenation: fuse
- Rhymes: -u?z
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin f?sus (“spindle”).
Noun
fuse (plural fuses)
- A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
- Synonym: fuze (US)
- (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
- Synonym: fuze
- (electrical engineering) A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
- (figuratively) Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
- 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 made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
Usage notes
Professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the fuse and fuze spellings. The latter is preferred for the sense “mechanism that ignites the charge”.
Derived terms
- blow a fuse
- fusebox
- fuse wire
- short fuse
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”).
Verb
fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)
- (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
- (intransitive) To melt together.
- To furnish with or install a fuse.
- (organic chemistry) 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
Synonyms
- (mix indistinguishably): See also Thesaurus:homogenize
- (melt together): meld, smelt
Translations
Anagrams
- feus
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: fusent, fuses
Verb
fuse
- first-person singular present indicative of fuser
- third-person singular present indicative of fuser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
- second-person singular imperative of fuser
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Adjective
fuse
- feminine plural of fuso
Noun
fuse f pl
- plural of fusa
Participle
fuse f pl
- feminine plural of fuso
Verb
fuse
- third-person singular past historic of fondere
Latin
Participle
f?se
- vocative masculine singular of f?sus
Adverb
f?s? (comparative f?sius, superlative f?sissim?)
- widely, extensively
- in great detail
- loosely, roughly
References
- fuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fuse (present tense fuser, past tense fuste, past participle fust)
- rush
Adjective
fuse
- inflection of fus:
- definite singular
- plural
References
- “fuse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- fusa (verb) (a infinitive)
Verb
fuse (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fus)
- rush
Adjective
fuse
- inflection of fus:
- definite singular
- plural
- neuter of fusen
References
- “fuse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fu.se]
Etymology 1
Verb
fuse
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi: he/she has been
Synonyms
- fu (informal)
Etymology 2
Noun
fuse n
- indefinite plural of fus
Venetian
Verb
fuse
- first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
- third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
- third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of èser
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duse
English
Etymology
See deuce.
Noun
duse (plural duses)
- A demon or spirit
Anagrams
- Dues, desu, dues, sued, used
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dus?]
Verb
duse
- masculine singular present transgressive of dusit
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?duse]
Verb
duse
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of duce
Yakan
Noun
duse
- sin, trespass, fault
Verb
duse
- to sin, to do wrong, to be at fault
Derived terms
- dusehan (“sinful”)
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