Complement and Fuse

complement

A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
A complete number or quantity.
- usage: "a full complement"
Number needed to make up a whole force.
- usage: "a full complement of workers"
- synonyms: full complement
Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
- usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
- synonyms: accompaniment
One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
- usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

(v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
(v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
(v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
(v.t.) To compliment.
(v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
(v.t.) A compliment.
(v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
(v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
(v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
(v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

fuse

An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded.
- synonyms: electrical fuse, safety fuse
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.
- synonyms: fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming

Mix together different elements.
- usage: "The colors blend well"
- synonyms: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
Become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat.
- usage: "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
Equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse.
Make liquid or plastic by heating.
- usage: "The storm fused the electric mains"

(n.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze.
(v.t.) To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.
(v.i.) To be blended, as if melted together.
(v.t.) To unite or blend, as if melted together.
(v.i.) To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
(n.) Alternative of Fuze.
Alternative of Fuze, plug.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary