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    fuse
    I
    fuse1 /fjuːz/ noun [countable]
     Sense 1
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: ⇨ fuse2
     Sense 2,3
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Italian
     Origin: fuso 'spindle (= long thin part which turns around)', from Latin fusus

    1. a short thin piece of wire inside electrical equipment which prevents damage by melting and stopping the electricity when there is too much power:
        two 13 amp fuses
        I taught him how to change a fuse.
        blow a fuse (=make it melt by putting too much electricity through it)
    2. (also fuze American English) a thing that delays a bomb, firework etc from exploding until you are a safe distance away, or makes it explode at a particular time
    3. a short fuse if someone has a short fuse, they get angry very easily
    ⇨ blow a fuse at blow1(16)

    II
    fuse2 verb [intransitive and transitive]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: fusus, past participle of fundere 'to pour, melt'
    1. to join together physically, or to make things join together, and become a single thing
        fuse (something) together
        The egg and sperm fuse together as one cell.
    2. to combine different qualities, ideas, or things, or to be combined
       SYN  merge:
        Their music fuses elements as diverse as Cajun, bebop and Cuban waltzes.
        fuse (something) with something
        Leonard takes Carver-style dirty realism and fuses it with the pace of a detective story.
        fuse (something) into something
        We intend to fuse the companies into a single organization.
    3. British English if electrical equipment fuses, or if you fuse it, it stops working because a fuse has melted:
        The lights have fused again.
    4. technical if a rock or metal fuses, or if you fuse it, it becomes liquid by being heated:
        Lead fuses at quite a low temperature.
    ⇨ fusion
         
    THESAURUS
    ■ to mix styles, ideas, or other things
       ▪ mix to put different styles, ideas, or other things together: His music mixes jazz and classical styles. | The different categories of books were all mixed together.
       ▪ combine to mix different styles, ideas, or other things, so that they work together or become a single thing: Diets are most effective when they are combined with exercise. | He combines Greek philosophy with Christian teachings.
       ▪ blend to combine parts of different things together, especially in a successful and effective way: The teaching course blends theory and practice in the classroom.
       ▪ fuse to combine different styles in order to form a new style: The band fuses African rhythms with traditional Celtic music.
       ▪ jumble to mix things together in an untidy way, so that they are not in any order: The jigsaw pieces were all jumbled together in the box.