fuse

fuse

verb

Definition of FUSE

1

to come together to form a single unit <our two local teams fused into a larger regional team>

Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify

Related Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite

Near Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter

Antonyms break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

2

to go from a solid to a liquid state <the lightning strike was so hot it caused the electrical wires to fuse and then drip onto the road>

Synonyms deliquesce, flux, fuse, melt, run, thaw

Related Words found, gutter, smelt, try; dissolve, render; soften, thin

Near Antonyms clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, thicken

Antonyms harden, set, solidify

3

to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout <the many foundries would daily fuse copper and zinc to create the brass that made the city famous>

Synonyms amalgamate, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, fuse, homogenize, immingle, immix, incorporate, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mix

Related Words add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss; coalesce, compound, emulsify; conjoin, join, knit, link, unite; intertwine, interweave, weave

Near Antonyms cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder; disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, split

Antonyms break down, break up, separate, unmix