fuse

Meaning

Noun

1. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
2. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.
3. The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
4. (figuratively) A tendency to lose one's temper.
5. A kind of match for starting a fire:
6. A kind of match for starting a fire:

Verb

To furnish with or install a fuse in (an explosive device) (see Usage notes for noun above).

Verb

1. (transitive) To liquify by heat; melt.
2. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
3. (intransitive) To melt together.
4. (ergative) To combine through nuclear fusion.
5. (transitive) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
6. (intransitive) To stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing.
7. To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings.

Synonyms

melt

merge

fuze

blend

combine

mix

coalesce

thaw

smelt

flux

unite

liquefy

meld

dissolve

commingle

conflate

primer

weld

join

amalgamate

wick

liquify

fuzee

safety fuse

fusee

priming

immix

electrical fuse

agglomerate

caramelise

mix together

unthaw

unify

digest

close

put together

mass

associate

couple

👫

caramelize

igniter

connect

fusion

concentrate

compound

bridge

complect

commix

brand

ascribe

Translations

fusibile

Sicherung

fusible

fondere

fusible

fusível

miccia

mèche

Zündschnur

schmelzen

fondre

Lunte

lont

fusionner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fjuːz/

Etymology

From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).