fuse in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
fuse in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
fuse in Marathi मराठी
fuse in Sindhi سنڌي
fuse in English
- fuse⇄expr. blow a fuse, (Informal.) to get very angry.
Ex. I'm afraid he'll blow a fuse when he hears that you lost the money. - fuse⇄expr. have a short fuse, (U.S. Informal.) to get excited or angry easily; to blow up easily or quickly.
Ex. He is famous for his nasty temper. He has a very short fuse (New York Times). - fuse⇄fuse (1), noun, verb, fused,fusing.
- fuse⇄fuse (2), verb, fused,fusing.
- fuse⇄noun 1. a part of an electric circuit that melts and breaks the circuit if the current becomes dangerously strong. A fuse consists of a wire or strip of metal that is easily melted.
2. fuze (def. 1). - fuse⇄time fuze orfuse
a fuze that will burn for a certain time, used to set off a charge of explosive. - fuse⇄v.i. (Informal.) (of an electric light) to be extinguished because of the melting of a fuse.
- fuse⇄v.i. 1. to become melted; melt together.
Ex. The wax from the two candles fused as they burned.
2. to become blended; unite.
Ex. (Figurative.) Two political parties fused to form a new party. - fuse⇄v.t. 1. (Informal.) to extinguish by the melting of a fuse.
Ex. A professional photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house in darkness (Maclean's).
2. to put a fuse into (a circuit). - fuse⇄v.t. 1. to join together by melting; melt.
Ex. Copper and zinc are fused to make brass. A quantity of silver which had been fused in a ladle was allowed to solidify (John Tyndall).
2. to blend; unite.
Ex. to fuse the various ingredient