| fuse | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. electrical fuse, fuse, safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded. |
| ~ cartridge fuse | a fuse cased in a tube. |
| ~ circuit breaker, breaker | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded. |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| ~ plug fuse | a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. |
| ~ detonating fuse | a fuse containing an explosive. |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.; "do you have a light?" |
| ~ safety fuse | a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance. |
| ~ time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb). |
| v. (change) | 3. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix | mix together different elements.; "The colors blend well" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ gauge | mix in specific proportions.; "gauge plaster" |
| ~ absorb | cause to become one with.; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| ~ meld, melt | lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" |
| ~ mix in, blend in | cause (something) to be mixed with (something else).; "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" |
| ~ accrete | grow together (of plants and organs).; "After many years the rose bushes grew together" |
| ~ conjugate | unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds. |
| ~ admix | mix or blend.; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils" |
| ~ alloy | make an alloy of. |
| ~ syncretise, syncretize | become fused. |
| v. (change) | 4. fuse | become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat.; "The substances fused at a very high temperature" |
| ~ heat up, hot up, heat | gain heat or get hot.; "The room heated up quickly" |
| ~ fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating.; "The storm fused the electric mains" |
| ~ flux, liquify, liquefy | become liquid or fluid when heated.; "the frozen fat liquefied" |
| v. (competition) | 5. fuse | equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse. |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| v. (change) | 6. fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating.; "The storm fused the electric mains" |
| ~ fuse | become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat.; "The substances fused at a very high temperature" |
| ~ melt, melt down, run | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" |
| wick | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. wick | any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action.; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it" |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. taper, wick | a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame. |
| ~ candle, wax light, taper | stick of wax with a wick in the middle. |
| ~ candlewick | the wick of a candle. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp, oil lamp | a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light. |
| spark off | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip | put in motion or move to act.; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
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