Definition of "fuse"

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.  quotations  examples

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

(figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper.  examples

A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.  examples

A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.  examples

To furnish with or install a fuse to (an explosive device) (see Usage notes for noun above).  examples

(electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.  examples

(transitive) To liquify by heat; melt.  quotations  examples

(transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.  quotations  examples

(intransitive) To melt together.  examples

(transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent.  examples

(transitive, electricity, of a circuit) To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.  examples

(organic chemistry) To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings  examples