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fuse
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[ verb ] mix together different elements
Examples "The colors blend well" "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Nor have we remembered that in the melting_pot of America the hundreds of isolated and semi isolated ethnic , regional and occupational groups did not fuse into a homogeneous national unit until long after education and industrialization had caused them to cast oral tradition aside as a means of carrying culturally significant material . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)The process of flattening seemed inexorable , and it became necessary to emphasize the surface still further in_order to prevent it from fusing with the illusion . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Anger and fear fused in John . |
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[ verb ] become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
Examples "The substances fused at a very high temperature" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The silver_chloride was fused under vacuum in the presence of aluminum chips with the resultant product of * * f which was sublimed into a flask on the vacuum line . |
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
Synonyms Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)Before you use ' em the light company 's got to run in a heavy line and you 'll need a new fuse box for the extra circuits . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make liquid or plastic by heating
Examples "The storm fused the electric mains" Related terms |
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[ noun ] any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited
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