Antonyms for fuse


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fyooz
Phonetic Transcription : fyuz


Definition of fuse

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb meld, intermix
Example sentences :
  • But they were detached fires, and they did not fuse into a general mass at any time.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Vard, who had taken out a cigarette, held the tip tranquilly to his fuse.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • But these excellences, though found in a hareem, will not fuse, as in a poem or a picture.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Three may in like manner collide and fuse into a single ring.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • How'n the name of Pluto will he handle things if a fuse blows?
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Figure 55 shows the fuse plug in the position for charging a 6-volt battery.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • After that he lighted the fuse, and, clambering down the slope of rock, saw Gordon.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • This afternoon, unknown to Saranoff, I tampered with that radite can and removed the fuse.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • If a pin is put through a lamp cord, a fuse is likely to blow out.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • If the father was right, should they have got a fuse marked 6A, one marked 10A, or one marked 15A?
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Synonyms for fuse

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