fuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
    electrical fuse; safety fuse.
  2. noun any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
    fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming.
  3. verb mix together different elements
    mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; combine; merge; blend; meld.
    • The colors blend well
  4. verb become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
    • The substances fused at a very high temperature
  5. verb equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
  6. verb make liquid or plastic by heating
    • The storm fused the electric mains

WordNet

Fuse transitive verb
Etymology
L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fused present participle & verbal noun Fusing
Definitions
  1. To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.
  2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
    Whose fancy fuses old and new. Tennyson.
Fuse intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
  2. To be blended, as if melted together.
Fuse noun
Etymology
For fusee, fusil. See 2d Fusil.
Definitions
  1. (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze.

Webster 1913