Fuse

Noun

 * 1) (also fuze in US) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
 * 2)  The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
 * 3) A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
 * 4) Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
 * When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

Verb

 * 1)  To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
 * 2)  To melt together.
 * 3) To furnish with or install a fuse.

Adjectives for Fuse
unreliable; burning; hissing; short; time.

Thesaurus
act in concert, act together, add, admix, aegis, affiliate, agglutinate, alloy, ally, amalgamate, arm guard, assemble, assimilate, associate, backstop, band, band together, be in league, bemingle, bind, blasting cap, blend, braze, buffer, bulwark, bumper, bunch, bunch up, cap, cement, clot, club together, cluster, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collect, colliquate, collude, combine, come together, commingle, commix, compact, compose, compound, comprise, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederate, conglomerate, congregate, connect, consolidate, conspire, contraceptive, converge, cooperate, copulate, copyright, couple, crash helmet, crowd, cushion, cut, dashboard, date, decoagulate, decoct, defrost, deliquesce, detonating powder, detonator, dissolve, do business with, dodger, electric detonator, embody, emulsify, encompass, exploder, face mask, federate, fender, finger guard, flock together, flow together, fluidify, fluidize, flux, foot guard, forgather, fulminating mercury, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, get heads together, get together, glue, go partners, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail, gum, hand guard, handrail, hang together, hard hat, harmonize, hash, helmet, herd together, hive, hold in solution, hold together, homogenize, hook up, horde, huddle, identify, immingle, immix, include, incorporate, infuse, insulation, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interlace, interlard, interlock, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, join in, join together, jumble, keep together, knead, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, leach, league, league together, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, link, liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, lump together, make common cause, make one, mask, mass, meet, meld, melt, melt down, melt into one, mercury fulminate, merge, mill, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, mudguard, muster, nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, partner, paste, patent, percolate, percussion cap, pilot, play ball, preventive, primacord, primer, priming, prophylactic, protective clothing, protective umbrella, pull together, put heads together, put together, rally, rally around, reciprocate, reembody, refine, render, rendezvous, roll into one, run, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, scramble, screen, seat belt, seethe, shade into, shield, shin guard, shuffle, smelt, solder, solidify, solubilize, solve, squib, stand together, stick together, stir up, stream, sun helmet, surge, swarm, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, team up, thaw, thin, throng, throw in together, throw together, tie in, tie up, toss together, umbrella, unclot, unfreeze, unify, unite, unite efforts, weld, windscreen, windshield, work, work together

Etymology 1
From fuso and  fusée, from  fusus "spindle".

Etymology 2
From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).

Noun

 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: cordeau
 * German: Zündschnur
 * Greek: θρυαλλίδα,
 * Italian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 導火線
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: lont
 * Russian: фитиль, огнепроводный шнур
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: stubin, stubintråd
 * Thai: (chánuan)


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 導火線, 导火线,  信管
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: lont
 * Estonian: sütik
 * Finnish:
 * French: détonateur
 * German:
 * Greek: θρυαλλίδα, εμπύρευμα


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 導火線, 信管
 * Norwegian: tennsats, fenghette
 * Polish: zapalnik
 * Portuguese: pavio
 * Russian: запал, детонатор
 * Spanish: espoleta
 * Swedish: tändrör
 * Thai: (chánuan)


 * Afrikaans: smeltdraad
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 保險絲, 保险丝
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: τηκτασφάλεια
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: ヒューズ
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: bezpiecznik
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: (плавкий) ,
 * Slovak: poistky
 * Sotho: lethose, fiyusi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: säkring, propp
 * Thai: (fiw)

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sulauttaa
 * Manx: co-lheie


 * Polish: stopić, połączyć
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: сплавлять


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Manx: co-lheie
 * Russian: сплавляться


 * Dutch:

Adjective
fuse



Verb form
fuse


 * 1) Third-person singular indicative past historic of fondere.
 * 2) Feminine plural past participle of fondere.

Verb

 * 1)  he/she has been

Synonyms

 * fu