fusing

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.

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