fuse¹ / fyoōz/ • n. a safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.• v. 1. [tr.] join or blend to form a single entity: intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit. ∎  [intr.] (of groups of atoms or cellular structures) join or coalesce: the two nuclei move together and fuse into one nucleus. ∎  melt (a material or object) with intense heat, esp. so as to join it with something else: powdered glass was fused to a metal base.2. [tr.] provide (a circuit or electrical appliance) with a fuse: [as adj.] (fused) a fused plug. PHRASES: blow a fuse use too much power in an electrical circuit, causing a fuse to melt. ∎ inf. lose one's temper: it was only a suggestion—there's no need to blow a fuse.fuse² (also fuze) • n. a length of material along which a small flame moves to explode a bomb or firework, meanwhile allowing time for those who light it to move to a safe distance. ∎  a device in a bomb, shell, or mine that makes it explode on impact, after an interval, at set distance from the target, or when subjected to magnetic or vibratory stimulation.• v. [tr.] fit a fuse to (a bomb, shell, or mine): the bomb was fused to go off during a charity performance.PHRASES: light the (or a) fuse set something tense or exciting in motion: the event lit the fuse for the revolution.a short fuse a tendency to lose one's temper quickly: watch your tongue—he's got a very short fuse. ∎  (on a short fuse) likely to lose one's temper or explode.DERIVATIVES: fuse·less adj.

Fuse ★★ 2003

Two years after the civil war, the Bosnian town of Tesanj expects a visit from President Bill Clinton. The entire community is determined to present a wholesome image (turning the brothel into a cultural center) but a black marketeer, a crazy ex-police chief, and a continuing Serbian rivalry could derail the process. Bosnian and Serbian with subtitles. 105m/C DVD . BS Bogdan Diklic, Enis Beslagic, Sasa Petrovic, Izudin Bajrovic; D: Pjer Zalica; W: Pjer Zalica; C: Mirsad Herovic; M: Sasa Losic.

fuse In electrical engineering, a safety device to protect against overloading. Fuses are commonly strips of easily melted metal placed in series in an electrical circuit such that when overloaded, the fuse melts, breaking the circuit and preventing systemic damage.

fuse2 melt with intense heat. XVII. f. fūs-, pp. stem of L. fundere pour, melt, FOUND2.
So fusible capable of fusion. XIV (readopted XVII). — medL. fusile XIV. — L.

fuse1, fuze cord, casing, etc., filled with combustible material for igniting explosive. XVII. — It. fuso :- L. fūsus spindle.