To blend or unite as if by melting together.noun A tube, casing, ribbon, etc., of various materials, filled or saturated with a combustible compound, and used as an exploder for firing a blast or for igniting any exploding charge, as of a military shell.

noun The track or trail of a buck in the grass.

noun In electricity, a piece of conductor, inserted into an electric circuit, which is of less current-carrying capacity than the rest of the circuit, and therefore under excess of current melts and opens the circuit.

noun A safety device that protects an electric circuit from excessive current, consisting of or containing a metal element that melts when current exceeds a specific amperage, thereby opening the circuit.

intransitive verb To become liquefied from heat.

intransitive verb To be combined or blended together: synonym: mix.

intransitive verb To become physically joined together, as by melting.

intransitive verb To liquefy or reduce to a plastic state by heating melt.

intransitive verb To blend or combine together.

intransitive verb To join (different pieces or elements) together physically, as by melting or heating.

transitive verb To equip with a mechanical or electrical fuse.

noun A mechanical or electrical mechanism used to detonate an explosive charge or device such as a bomb or grenade.

noun A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.

From The American HeritageВ® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

Fuse definition