| 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" |
| melt | | |
| n. (process) | 1. melt, melting, thaw, thawing | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" |
| ~ heating, warming | the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature. |
| ~ phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change | a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition. |
| v. (change) | 2. 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" |
| ~ fuse | make liquid or plastic by heating.; "The storm fused the electric mains" |
| ~ try, render | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" |
| ~ dissolve, break up, resolve | cause to go into a solution.; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" |
| ~ bleed, run | be diffused.; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" |
| v. (change) | 3. dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw | become or cause to become soft or liquid.; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" |
| ~ deliquesce | melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" |
| ~ de-ice, defrost, deice | make or become free of frost or ice.; "Defrost the car window" |
| ~ flux, liquify, liquefy | become liquid or fluid when heated.; "the frozen fat liquefied" |
| v. (change) | 4. mellow, mellow out, melt | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.; "With age, he mellowed" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ mellow | soften, make mellow.; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" |
| v. (change) | 5. meld, melt | lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" |
| ~ coalesce, conflate, fuse, immix, mix, commingle, merge, blend, flux, meld, combine | mix together different elements.; "The colors blend well" |
| v. (change) | 6. fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| v. (change) | 7. disappear, evaporate, melt | become less intense and fade away gradually.; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
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