fuse

/fjuːz/

noun

1
A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
2
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
3
A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
4
Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
“When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.”
5
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
A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

1
To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
2
To melt together.
3
To furnish with or install a fuse.
4
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

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