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# fuse

noun (a fuse, fuses); verb (fuse, fuses, fused, fusing)

«fuse» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. noun: A fuse is a small safety part in an electric plug or circuit with a thin wire that melts and breaks the circuit if too much current flows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#m1)
2. noun: A fuse is a string or cord that you light to set off a firework or explosive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#m2)
3. verb: To fuse means to join or melt together into one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#m3)
4. verb (UK): If a light or machine fuses, it stops working because its fuse has melted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#m4)
5. In old country speech, to fuse someone can mean to refuse them, to say no to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science lessons: fuses protect circuits and stop fires. In safety: never replace a fuse with wire or foil. In stories: a fuse burns down before a bang. Phrases: blow a fuse, a short fuse (gets angry quickly), fuse box, fuse together, light the fuse.

### Examples

- The fuse blew and all the lights went out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x1)
- Dad checked the fuse box with a torch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x2)
- A fuse stops a wire getting too hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x3)
- The pirate lit the fuse of the cannon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x4)
- The bones in a baby's skull fuse as it grows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x5)
- Heat fused the glass pieces together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x6)
- My brother has a short fuse and gets cross fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun. "Blow a fuse" can mean a fuse melts, or (informal) someone gets very angry. American spelling sometimes fuze for explosive fuses. In science: a 3-amp fuse melts if more than about 3 amps flow.

## In Jewish tradition

In science lessons: fuses protect circuits and stop fires. In safety: never replace a fuse with wire or foil. In stories: a fuse burns down before a bang. Phrases: blow a fuse, a short fuse (gets angry quickly), fuse box, fuse together, light the fuse.

### Examples

- The linear characters in Egypt are earlier than the hieroglyphics, though a few of the forms may ultimately have been fused with the latter. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fuse/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun. "Blow a fuse" can mean a fuse melts, or (informal) someone gets very angry. American spelling sometimes fuze for explosive fuses. In science: a 3-amp fuse melts if more than about 3 amps flow.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fuse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fuse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fuse.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fuse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fuse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fuse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fuse.html) on Mova free.