| VERB | change | fuse, blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce, meld, combine, merge | mix together different elements |
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| change | fuse | become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat | |
| competition | fuse | equip with a fuse / fuse | |
| change | fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating | |
| NOUN | artifact | fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
| artifact | fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
| Sounds | fyuw'z | |
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| Rhymes | abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz... | |
| Meaning | An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded. | |
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| Synonyms | electrical fuse, safety fuse | |
| Narrower | cartridge fuse | A fuse cased in a tube |
| circuit breaker, breaker | A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | |
| plug fuse | A fuse with a thread that screws into a socket | |
| Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| Spanish | fusible, plomo | |
| Catalan | fusible, plom | |
| Verbs | fuse | equip with a fuse / fuse |
| Meaning | Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. | |
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| Synonyms | fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | |
| Narrower | detonating fuse | A fuse containing an explosive |
| safety fuse | A slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter | |
| time-fuse | A fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) | |
| Broader | lighter, light, igniter, ignitor | A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires |
| Spanish | imprimación | |
| Catalan | cartilla | |
| Verbs | fuse | equip with a fuse / fuse |
| Meaning | mix together different elements. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce, meld, combine, merge | |
| Entailed by | weld | join together by heating |
| Narrower | absorb | Cause to become one with |
| accrete | Grow together (of plants and organs) | |
| admix | mix or blend | |
| alloy | make an alloy of | |
| blend in, mix in | Cause (something) to be mixed with (something else) | |
| conjugate | Unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds | |
| gauge | mix in specific proportions | |
| melt, meld | Lose its distinct / distinct outline or shape | |
| syncretize, syncretise | Become fused | |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Spanish | combinar, conjugar, fundir, fusionar, mezclar | |
| Catalan | barrejar, combinar, conjugar, fusionar, mesclar-se, mestallar | |
| Adjectives | fusible | capable of being melted and fused / fused / fused |
| Nouns | fusion | the act of fusing (or melting) together |
| fusion | an occurrence that involves the production of a union | |
| Meaning | Become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The substances fused at a very high temperature" | |
| Entails | heat, hot up, heat up | gain heat or get hot |
| Broader | liquefy, flux, liquify | Become liquid or fluid when heated |
| Similar to | fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating |
| Spanish | fusionar | |
| Catalan | fondre | |
| Adjectives | fusible | capable of being melted and fused / fused / fused |
| Meaning | equip with a fuse / fuse; provide with a fuse / fuse. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | equip, fit, fit out, outfit | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
| Opposite | defuse | Remove the triggering device from |
| Spanish | instalar un fusible | |
| Nouns | fuse | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
| fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | |
| Meaning | make liquid or plastic by heating. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The storm fused the electric mains" | |
| Broader | melt, run, melt down | Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating |
| Similar to | fuse | Become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat |
| Spanish | fundirse, licuarse | |
| Catalan | fondre's, liquar, liquidar | |
| Adjectives | fusible | capable of being melted and fused / fused / fused |
| Nouns | fusion | the act of fusing (or melting) together |
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