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I'm a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.
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Meaning of "fuse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUSE

From Italian fuso spindle, from Latin fūsus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FUSE

fuse  [fjuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fuse is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fuse in English.

WHAT DOES FUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fuse in the English dictionary

The first definition of fuse in the dictionary is a lead of combustible black powder in a waterproof covering, or a lead containing an explosive, used to fire an explosive charge. Other definition of fuse is any device by which an explosive charge is ignited. Fuse is also to provide or equip with such a fuse.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FUSE

PRESENT

Present
I fuse
you fuse
he/she/it fuses
we fuse
you fuse
they fuse
Present continuous
I am fusing
you are fusing
he/she/it is fusing
we are fusing
you are fusing
they are fusing
Present perfect
I have fused
you have fused
he/she/it has fused
we have fused
you have fused
they have fused
Present perfect continuous
I have been fusing
you have been fusing
he/she/it has been fusing
we have been fusing
you have been fusing
they have been fusing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I fused
you fused
he/she/it fused
we fused
you fused
they fused
Past continuous
I was fusing
you were fusing
he/she/it was fusing
we were fusing
you were fusing
they were fusing
Past perfect
I had fused
you had fused
he/she/it had fused
we had fused
you had fused
they had fused
Past perfect continuous
I had been fusing
you had been fusing
he/she/it had been fusing
we had been fusing
you had been fusing
they had been fusing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fuse
you will fuse
he/she/it will fuse
we will fuse
you will fuse
they will fuse
Future continuous
I will be fusing
you will be fusing
he/she/it will be fusing
we will be fusing
you will be fusing
they will be fusing
Future perfect
I will have fused
you will have fused
he/she/it will have fused
we will have fused
you will have fused
they will have fused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been fusing
you will have been fusing
he/she/it will have been fusing
we will have been fusing
you will have been fusing
they will have been fusing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fuse
you would fuse
he/she/it would fuse
we would fuse
you would fuse
they would fuse
Conditional continuous
I would be fusing
you would be fusing
he/she/it would be fusing
we would be fusing
you would be fusing
they would be fusing
Conditional perfect
I would have fuse
you would have fuse
he/she/it would have fuse
we would have fuse
you would have fuse
they would have fuse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been fusing
you would have been fusing
he/she/it would have been fusing
we would have been fusing
you would have been fusing
they would have been fusing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fuse
we let´s fuse
you fuse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fuse
Past participle
fused
Present Participle
fusing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUSE


abuse
əˈbjuːz
accuse
əˈkjuːz
amuse
əˈmjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
dues
djuːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
infuse
ɪnˈfjuːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
mews
mjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reuse
riːˈjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz
virtues
ˈvɜːtjuːz
yous
juːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUSE

fusain
fusarium
fusarole
fusc
fuscous
fuse box
fuse wire
fused
fusee
fusel
fusel oil
fuselage
fuseless
Fuseli
fuselike
Fushih
fushion
fushionless
Fushun
fusibility

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUSE

because
blouse
cause
child abuse
clause
Father of the House
guesthouse
house
in-house
lady of the house
lighthouse
masseuse
mouse
pause
spouse
the House
the White House
Toulouse
warehouse
White House

Synonyms and antonyms of fuse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fuse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fuse

Translation of «fuse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUSE

Find out the translation of fuse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fuse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fuse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

保险丝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fusible
570 millions of speakers

English

fuse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्यूज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِصْهَر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плавкий предохранитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fusível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রব করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fusible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sicherung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒューズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퓨즈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu chì
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருகி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्यूज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sigorta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fusibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapalnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запобіжник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

siguranță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασφάλεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lont
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

säkring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fuse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUSE»

The term «fuse» is very widely used and occupies the 11.591 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fuse

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10 QUOTES WITH «FUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fuse.
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Jon Beason
You realize that you can't win 'em all. You try to win 'em all; you get frustrated, but you gotta have a short fuse either way. Success in the NFL is just as deadly as allowing yourself to kinda wallow in sorrow. It works both ways.
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Frank Bruno
If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.
3
David Christian
When very large stars die, they create temperatures so high that protons begin to fuse in all sorts of exotic combinations, to form all the elements of the periodic table. If, like me, you're wearing a gold ring, it was forged in a supernova explosion.
4
Darren Criss
When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and I'll fuse it with top 40.
5
Alex Ferguson
I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.
6
Melanie Fiona
I'm a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.
7
Terry Francona
In Boston I got to a point where I thought I was putting out fires more than being a baseball coach. And some of it was my fault. I was getting stubborn. My fuse was a little shorter than it needed to be. And that helps nobody.
8
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
I'm not interested in who am I. I'm interested in what's gone, the disinheritance, what I've been able to become or learn or fuse with or not fuse with. A certain freedom comes... I like it that way.
9
Ed Koch
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
10
Richard Morris
For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUSE»

Discover the use of fuse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fuse
The second book in the PURE trilogy for fans of THE PASSAGE, THE ROAD and THE HUNGER GAMES.
Julianna Baggott, 2013
2
Fuse
SA Partridge's explosive new novel follows the success of The Goblet Club which won the I am a Writer Competition in 2007 and the MER prize for best youth novel in 2008.
S. a. Partridge, 2010
3
Fuse: Making Sense of the New Cogenerational Workplace
Features: Practical tips on bringing generations together productively. Backed by thorough research, including an extensive survey, this book delivers an action plan for managers and employees of every generation.
Jim Finkelstein, 2011
4
Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism ...
Cutting the Fuse offers a wealth of new knowledge about the origins of suicide terrorism and strategies to stop it.
Robert A. Pape, James K. Feldman, 2010
5
Fabulous Origami Boxes
Fabulous Origami Boxes is a Japan Publications publication.
Tomoko Fuse, 1998
6
Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations
Shows how to combine folded-paper units with an insertion technique to create complex multi-dimensional forms
Tomoko Fuse, 1990
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Juniper Fuse: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the ...
A commanding meditation on the development of early human imagination.
Clayton Eshleman, 2003
8
Kusudama Origami
Kusudama Origami is a Japan Publications publication.
Tomoko Fuse, 2002
9
Spark to a Waiting Fuse: James K. Baxter's Correspondence ...
Also included are the complete texts of 255 poems written at the time and discussed in the letters, many of them published for the first time, provide an insight into the formative years of this significant poet.
James K. Baxter, Noel Ginn, Paul Millar, 2001
10
The Green Fuse: An Ecological Odyssey
"The Green Fuse demonstrates his broad understanding of ecology and the scientific method. More important, this work reveals his uncommon gift for translating complex scientific concepts into language that can be understood by all.
John Harte, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Big Brother 17 Updates "Lighting the Fuse..." 4:00 am BBT, Sunday …
HOH: Austin is going to go talk to Shelli and Clay. Vanessa and Audrey are going to get television ready. She tells him she wants to see a ... «TVGrapevine.com, Jul 15»
2
New Girls' Generation Single 'Party' Wins Praise From Billboard …
On July 7, FUSE TV staff writer Jeff Benjamin published an article titled "Girls' Generation's 'Party' Is Your New Ladies' Night Soundtrack" and ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»
3
Fifty Amp Fuse headlines July 25 concert in Commerce
The popular cover band, Fifty Amp Fuse, will headline Rockin' Under the Stars, presented by the Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce on ... «Hometownlife.com, Jul 15»
4
DJ Rekha to fuse timeless, modern rhythms at Cedar Cultural Center
Newsweek named DJ Rekha one of the most influential South Asians in the United States. The New York-based artist is performing in ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
5
Mio Fuse Review
The Mio Fuse at first appears to follow the latter, but there's undeniably something flashy with the way it looks, going for more than that ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»
6
Weekly Prescription: Your Musical Dosage for July 9
... have an ailment you need a cure for? Write us at musicrx@fuse.tv with your sickness, story and handle so we can respond with a musical fix. «fuse.tv, Jul 15»
7
Albumversaries: Foo Fighters' Self-Titled Debut Turns 20
Tune into Fuse today at 2/1c—Thursday, July 9—for videos surrounding the debut Foo Fighters album. 15 Awesome Guitar Faces: Dave Grohl, ... «fuse.tv, Jul 15»
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Review: Fuse Chicken's Bobine Watch for the Apple Watch
And the Bobine Watch from Fuse Chicken is exactly that. The company is well-known its Bobine stand for the iPhone. If you haven't seen it, the ... «AppAdvice, Jul 15»
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Giants' defensive fuse can't be lit without Jason Pierre-Paul's spark
The Giants need Jason Pierre-Paul for six reasons: Tyron Smith twice, Jason Peters twice and Trent Williams twice. If New York plans to make ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
10
Exclusive: Warped Tour Stars Miss May I Premiere Official Music …
Thus it was only fair they reveal the official music video for its leading single "I.H.E." Fuse has the exclusive premiere for you today; enjoy it ... «fuse.tv, Jul 15»

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