to fuse
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3.9
- verb
- /fjuːz/
:
fusionar
- The artist aimed to fuse traditional painting techniques with modern digital methods.
- fuse together
- fuse into one
- fuse the two
He just somehow fused with the instrument.
- He just somehow fused with the instrument.
- You've done an amazing job of sort of fusing the worlds of food and culture.
- And he did, although in the beginning, my arm fused in place.
- They actually move around cells, they fuse with each other, they bud off from each other.
- My hope is to fuse my production work with my academic work.
- So it had been completely fused with his traumatic childhood experience.
Examples
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Athey says his piece fuses Hindu and African rituals with the issue of AIDS.
Academic text (1995) -
You've done an amazing job of sort of fusing the worlds of food and culture.
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But really his mission was to fuse theology and science.
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Then mind and matter shall fuse in perfect harmony.
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If we squeeze hard enough, we could fuse our bodies together into one.
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Or maybe we could open up bits of our brains and fuse them together.
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Physical light and spiritual light here fuse into one, for Allah is Light.
Academic text (1993) -
By the end of the decade, Liberty City and Brownsville had fused into one settlement.
Academic text (1992) -
Chefs often fuse different cuisines to create unique and innovative dishes.
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The new playlist fuses different genres of music into a seamless listening experience.
Synonyms
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2.1
To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose
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2.7
To mix two or more things into one
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1.0
To combine two or more things so they become one
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2.3
To mix things so they become one or look good together
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3.2
To join two or more things so they become one
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4.1
To join things or ideas so they form one whole
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3.7
To bring people or things together into one group
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6.4
To combine ideas or materials to make something new
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3.3
Mix together so things join and are hard to tell apart
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5.9
To come together or bring things together
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5.3
To mix things so they become one
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7.4
Come together to form one group or whole
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7.4
To mix different things into one
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4.0
To mix two or more things to make one thing
4
7.4
To join several groups or parts to make one
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5.6
Combine different things so they become one or hard to separate
Antonyms
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3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
A small device in an electrical circuit that stops the electric current when it becomes too strong
- Specialized
A small electric part in a tube that stops electricity when too much flows
- Specialized
A small part with a thin wire that melts to stop dangerous electric current
- Specialized
A tool that sets the time when an artillery shell will explode
- NSFW
A small burning part set to burn for a fixed time before a bomb or shell explodes
How Joined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fuse in the sense 'to combine' comes from the same root as fusion and Latin fundere 'to pour', so to fuse things is to mix or join them into one whole.