A protective device for a wiring system that
contains a wire designed to melt and open the
circuit when overheating occurs.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
fuse (verb)transitive verb
1.
to reduce to a liquid or plastic state by heat
2.
to blend thoroughly by or as if by melting together - combine
3.
intransitive verb
to stitch by applying heat and pressure with or without the use of an adhesive
1.
a) to become fluid with heat
b) British to fail because of the blowing of a fuse
2.
to become blended or joined by or as if by melting together mix
an electrical safety device consisting of or including a wire or strip of fusible metal that melts and interrupts the circuit when the current exceeds a particular amperage
1.
a continuous train of a combustible substance enclosed in a cord or cable for setting off an explosive charge by transmitting fire to it
2.
a mechanical or electrical detonating device for setting off the bursting charge of a projectile, bomb, or torpedo
transitive verb
to equip with a fuse
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
fuse (verb)1.
to come together to form a single unit
SYNONYMS:
associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unifyRELATED WORDS:
mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reuniteNEAR ANTONYMS:
detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter2.
to go from a solid to a liquid state
SYNONYMS:
deliquesce, flux, fuse, melt, run, thawRELATED WORDS:
found, gutter, smelt, try; dissolve, render; soften, thinNEAR ANTONYMS:
clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, thicken3.
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
SYNONYMS:
amalgamate, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, fuse, homogenize, immingle, immix, incorporate, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mixRELATED WORDS:
add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss; coalesce, compound, emulsify; conjoin, join, knit, link, unite; intertwine, interweave, weaveNEAR ANTONYMS:
cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder; disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, split
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