fuse vs marry

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. 

marry

verb
  • To unite; to join together into a close union. 

  • To enter into marriage with one another. 

  • To take as husband or wife. 

  • To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. 

  • To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. 

  • To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. 

  • To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. 

  • To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block. 

  • To join or connect. See also marry up. 

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