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fused

/fjuːzd/

fused is the simple past and past participle of fuse.

Adjective

fused (not comparable)

  1. Joined together by fusing
  2. Melted
    • To-day, sodium is made by thousands of tons, and by a process which in principle is identical with that by which it was first made by Davy, i.e., by the electrolysis of fused caustic soda.1908, Thomas Edward Thorpe, “The Centenary of Davy's Discovery of the Metals of the Alkalis”, in The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, volume 97, number 2527, pages 210–211
  3. Furnished with a fuse
  4. Having at least one bond between two atoms that is part of two or more separate rings

Meaning of fuse

Verb (1)

fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)

  1. To furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on.

Verb (2)

fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)

  1. (transitive) To liquify by heat; melt.
    • Pure sodium is a lustrous metal... it fuses very easily at a temperature of 97°, and distils at a bright red heat (742°...)1891, Dmitri Mendeleev, The Principles of Chemistry (1905) 3rd edition, Vol. 2, p.553, Tr. George Kamensky, of Основы химии (1867)
  2. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
    • sensations and ideas fusing intimately together
  3. (intransitive) To melt together.
    Synonyms:
    meld, smelt
  4. (ergative) To combine through nuclear fusion.
  5. (transitive) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.

See all 14 meanings of fuse

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Phrases with fused

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Questions about fused

What does fused mean?
Fused means joined together by fusing.
What is fused the simple past and past participle of?
Fused is the simple past and past participle of fuse.
What part of speech is fused?
Fused is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fused?
Fused is pronounced /fjuːzd/.

Words near fused in the dictionary

  1. fuse wire
  2. fuseboard
  3. fuseboards
  4. fusebox
  5. fuseboxes
  6. fused
  7. fused head
  8. fused heads
  9. fused quartz
  10. fused quartzes
  11. fused sentence

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