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FUSE
fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming
(noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse
(noun) an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(verb) mix together different elements; “The colors blend well”
fuse
(verb) make liquid or plastic by heating; “The storm fused the electric mains”
fuse
(verb) become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; “The substances fused at a very high temperature”
fuse
(verb) equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
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.
(figurative) 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”.
Etymology 2
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 homogenize
• (melt together): meld, smelt
Anagrams
• feus
Source: Wiktionary
Fuse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fused (fuzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing.] Etym: [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile.]
1. To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.
2. To unite or blend, as if melted together. Whose fancy fuses old and new. Tennyson.
Fuse, v. i.
1. To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
2. To be blended, as if melted together. Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.
Fuse, n. Etym: [For fusee, fusil. See 2d Fusil.] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.)
Definition: A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze. Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FATIGUE
(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”
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