fuse

I 1. fju:z verb

1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) smelte sammen

2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) gå ut, slokne

2. noun

(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) sikring

- fusion

II fju:z noun

(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) lunte, brann-/tennrør

lunte

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sikring

I

subst. \/fjuːz\/

(også safety fuse eller fuse plug) sikring

• a fuse has blown

det er gått en sikring

II

subst. \/fjuːz\/ eller fuze

brannrør, tennrør, lunte

have a short fuse (hverdagslig) ha kort lunte, tenne lett

III

verb \/fjuːz\/

1) (spesielt om metaller) smelte

2) smelte sammen

3) slå sammen, fusjonere

4) (overført) sammensmelte, sammenslutte, forene

5) (om elektrisk lys som slukner fordi en sikring har gått) brenne ut, slukne

• the lamp fused

sikringen gikk

fuse into sammensmelte til, forene til

IV

verb \/fjuːz\/

forklaring: utstyre krutt e.l. med (en) lunte