bind vs fuse

bind

verb
  • To cohere or stick together in a mass. 

  • To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie. 

  • To put together in a cover, as of books. 

  • To process one or more object modules into an executable program. 

  • To place under legal obligation to serve. 

  • To cover, as with a bandage. 

  • To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location. 

  • To make two or more elements stick together. 

  • To exert a binding or restraining influence. 

  • To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. 

  • To tie; to confine by any ligature. 

  • To couple. 

  • To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. 

  • To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. 

  • To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 

  • To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant. 

  • To complain; to whine about something. 

  • To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men. 

noun
  • That which binds or ties. 

  • A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. 

  • The indurated clay of coal mines. 

  • A ligature or tie for grouping notes. 

  • Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. 

  • A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break. 

fuse

verb
  • To melt together. 

  • To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating. 

  • To liquify by heat; melt. 

  • To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent. 

  • 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 

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

  • To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. 

noun
  • A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device. 

  • The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator. 

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

  • 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. 

  • A tendency to lose one's temper. 

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

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