fuse

[fjuːz] 1. (US fuze) n

(in plug, circuit) bezpiecznik m; (for bomb etc) zapalnik m

2. vt

metal topić (stopić perf); (fig) ideas, systems łączyć (połączyć perf)

3. vi

metal topić się (stopić się perf); (fig) ideas, systems łączyć się (połączyć się perf)

to fuse the lights (BRIT) — robić (zrobić perf) zwarcie

the lights have fused (BRIT) — światło wysiadło (inf)

a fuse has blown — bezpiecznik się przepalił

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I 1. [fju:z] verb

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

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.) spalać (się)

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.) bezpiecznik

- 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.) lont, zapalnik