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Noun fuse has 2 senses
- fuse, electrical fuse - electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
--1 is a kind of electrical device
--1 has particulars: cartridge fuse; circuit breaker, breaker; plug fuse
- fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
--2 is a kind of lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
--2 has particulars: detonating fuse; safety fuse; time-fuse
Verb fuse has 4 senses
- blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
--1 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- fuse - become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
--2 is one way to liquefy, flux, liquify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- fuse - equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
--3 is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Antonyms: defuse
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- fuse - make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains"
--4 is one way to melt, run, melt down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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