fuse

Etymology 1
From and, from.

Noun

 * 1) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
 * 2)   The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
 * 3)  A tendency to lose one's temper.
 * 4) A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
 * 5) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
 * 1) A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
 * 2) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
 * 1) 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 and  spellings. The latter is preferred for the sense of  “mechanism that ignites the charge”.

Translations

 * Arabic: فَتِيل
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: piltə, fitil
 * Bashkir: филтә
 * Bulgarian: фити́л
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: meĉo, brulŝnuro
 * Faroese: fjús, krúttráður
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: fiús, aidhnín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 도화선
 * Malay:
 * Maori: wiki
 * Norwegian: lunte
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: فتیل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, огнепрово́дный шнур
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: espoleta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: sütik
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kveikiþráður
 * Irish: aidhnín, fiús
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: фитил
 * Malay: fius
 * Maori: wiki
 * Norwegian: tennsats, fenghette
 * Occitan: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: espoleta
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tunawin
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: hirtelen harag, türelmetlenség, könnyen dühbe gurul,  könnyen begurul

Verb

 * 1) To furnish with or install a fuse to (an explosive device).

Etymology 2
, first to verbal sense, then noun.

Noun

 * 1)   A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: smeltdraad
 * Arabic: مُنْصَهِرَة
 * Basque: fusible
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 灰士, 灰屎, 保險絲
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sikring
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fandogardilo, fandaĵo
 * Faroese: sikring
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: τηκτασφάλεια
 * Hungarian:, olvadóbiztosító
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: fiús
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 퓨즈
 * Lithuanian: saugiklis
 * Malay: fius
 * Maori: waea katiara, katiara
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: sikring
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: пла́вкий предохрани́тель,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: poistky, poistka
 * Sotho: lethose, fiyusi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Welsh: ffiws, ffiwsen

Verb

 * 1)  To liquify by heat; melt.
 * 2) * 1891,, The Principles of Chemistry (1905) 3rd edition, Vol. 2, p.553, Tr. George Kamensky, of Основы химии (1867)
 * Pure sodium is a lustrous metal... it fuses very easily at a temperature of 97°, and distils at a bright red heat (742°...)
 * 1)  To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
 * 2)  To melt together.
 * 3)  To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent.
 * 4)  To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.
 * 5)  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
 * 1)  To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.
 * 2)  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
 * 1)  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

 * See also Thesaurus:homogenize

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sulauttaa
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Manx: co-lheie
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sammansmälta


 * Bulgarian: топя се
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: τήκομαι
 * Hebrew: הִתְמַזֵּג
 * Italian: fondersi
 * Manx: co-lheie
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish: sammansmälta


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 裝引信
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Swedish:

Adverb

 * 1) widely, extensively
 * 2) in great detail
 * 3) loosely, roughly

Verb

 * 1) rush

Verb

 * 1) rush

Verb

 * : he/she has been