1.  fuse(n = noun.artifact) electrical fuse, safety fuse - an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded;
is a kind of electrical device
has particulars: cartridge fuse, breaker, circuit breaker, plug fuse
Derived form verb fuse₃

2.  fuse(n = noun.artifact) fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant;
is a kind of igniter, ignitor, light, lighter
has particulars: detonating fuse, safety fuse, time-fuse
Derived form verb fuse₃

1.  fuse(v = verb.change) blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, immix, meld, merge, mix - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
is one way to change integrity
Derived forms adjective fusible₁, noun fusion₇, noun fusion₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

2.  fuse(v = verb.change) - become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
is one way to flux, liquefy, liquify
Derived form adjective fusible₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  fuse(v = verb.competition) - equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse;
is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Antonym: defuse
Derived forms noun fuse₂, noun fuse₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  fuse(v = verb.change) - make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains"
is one way to melt, melt down, run
Derived forms adjective fusible₁, noun fusion₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt. [1913 Webster]

2.  To unite or blend, as if melted together. [1913 Webster]
"Whose fancy fuses old and new." [1913 Webster]

1.  To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt. [1913 Webster]

2.  To be blended, as if melted together. [1913 Webster]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]

2.  a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles. [PJC]

   A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

fuse, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. melt with intense heat; liquefy.
2 tr. & intr. blend or amalgamate into one whole by or as by melting.
3 tr. provide (a circuit, plug, etc.) with a fuse.
4 a intr. (of an appliance) cease to function when a fuse blows. b tr. cause (an appliance) to do this.
--n. a device or component for protecting an electric circuit, containing a strip of wire of easily melted metal and placed in the circuit so as to break it by melting when an excessive current passes through.

Idiom:
fuse-box a box housing the fuses for circuits in a building.

fuse, n. & v. (also fuze)
--n.
1 a device for igniting a bomb or explosive charge, consisting of a tube or cord etc. filled or saturated with combustible matter.
2 a component in a shell, mine, etc., designed to detonate an explosive charge on impact, after an interval, or when subjected to a magnetic or vibratory stimulation.
--v.tr. fit a fuse to.

Derivative:
fuseless adj.

Etymology:
It. fuso f. L fusus spindle

VB  combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate, put together, lump together, cement a union, marry.

VB  heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment, make hot, sun oneself, sunbathe, go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame), fire, set fire to, set on fire, kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light, apply the match to, apply the torch to, rekindle, relume, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire, make a bonfire of, melt, thaw, fuse, liquefy, burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch, brand, cauterize, sear, burn in, corrode, char, calcine, incinerate, smelt, scorify, reduce to ashes, burn to a cinder, commit to the flames, consign to the flames, boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer, do to rags, take fire, catch fire, blaze.

N  fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.

bickford fuse, blow a fuse, cartridge fuse, detonating fuse, electrical fuse, fuse plug, plug fuse, safety fuse