Definiciones
1.NounA wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
2.NounAn otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end.
3.NounAlternative spelling of fuze, a detonator, any mechanism igniting an explosive substance or device.
4.NounA tendency to lose one's temper."When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse."
5.NounA kind of match for starting a fire:
A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
6.NounA friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
7.NounA match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
8.VerbTo furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on.
9.VerbAlternative spelling of fuze, to equip with a detonator.
10.NounA 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.
11.VerbTo liquify by heat; melt.
12.VerbTo melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
13.VerbTo melt together.
14.VerbTo combine through nuclear fusion.
15.VerbTo furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.
16.VerbTo stop operating, having been protected against overcurrent by its fuse blowing."When the bath overflowed, the downstairs lights fused, so we need a torch."
17.VerbTo form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings.