fuse vs knit

fuse

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

  • 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. 

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. 

knit

verb
  • To combine from various elements. 

  • To grow together. 

  • To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. 

  • To join closely and firmly together. 

  • To heal following a fracture. 

  • To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted. 

  • To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. 

  • To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. 

noun
  • A knitted garment. 

  • A session of knitting. 

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