fundir — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
fundir is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- fuse (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
- melt (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- melt (transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- smelt To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
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.
fuse — full definition
- noun A safety device containing a component that melts to break an electrical circuit if the current is too high.
- verb To melt or blend together, especially under heat.