Verschmelzen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coalesce verb To join into a single mass or whole.
- conflate verb To combine or mix together.
- fuse noun A safety device containing a component that melts to break an electrical circuit if the current is too high.
- fusion noun The act or result of combining separate things into one.
- merge verb To combine two or more things into one.
- smelt noun A small silvery fish found in cold ocean waters and lakes.
Senses
Verschmelzen is used for these senses in English:
- coalescence The act of coalescing.
- conflate (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
- conflate (by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.
- elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
- fuse (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
- fusion (fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
- merge (transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.
- smelt To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
coalesce — full definition
- verb To join into a single mass or whole.
- verb To form from different pieces or elements.
- verb To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
- verb To merge, to intermingle freely.
conflate — full definition
- verb To combine or mix together.
- verb To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
- verb To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.