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1. (n.) fuel
combustible matter, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, used to maintain fire in order to create heat or power, or as an energy source for engines, power plants, or reactors.
2. fuel
something that gives nourishment; food.
3. fuel
something that sustains or encourages; stimulant:
fuel for debate.
4. (v.t.) fuel
to supply with fuel.
5. fuel
to
6. (v.i.) fuel
to obtain or replenish fuel.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME fuel(le), feuel < OF feuaile < VL *focālia, neut. pl. of *focālis of the hearth, fuel)
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| Definition of 'FUEL' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) fuel
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
"more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"
2. (verb) fuel
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
"fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
3. (verb) fuel, fire
provide with fuel
"Oil fires the furnace"
4. (verb) fuel
take in fuel, as of a ship
"The tanker fueled in Bahrain"
5. (verb) fuel
stimulate
"fuel the debate on creationism"
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1. (noun) fuel
a liquid or solid substance that produces energy when burned
gasoline and other fuels
2. fuel
sth that encourages an activity
The incident provided the fuel for further protests.
3. fuel
add fuel to the fire/flames
to make a bad situation worse
The media coverage has just added fuel to the fire.
4. (verb) fuel
to give power to sth
hydrogen that can be used to fuel a hydrogen-powered car
5. fuel
to put fuel into a vehicle
as they fueled up the military jets
6. fuel
to encourage an activity or feeling
Rising oil prices and falling house prices fueled fears of a recession.; the money needed to fuel the rebuilding of the city
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) FUEL
any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc
2. (noun) FUEL
anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement
3. (verb) FUEL
to feed with fuel
4. (verb) FUEL
to store or furnish with fuel or firing
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Sense: any substance by which a fire, engine etc is made to work (eg coal, oil, petrol)
The machine ran out of fuel.
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 Afrikaans: brandstof |
 Arabic: وُقود |
 Bulgarian: гориво |
 Brazilian: combustível |
 Czech: palivo |
 German: der Brennstoff |
 Danish: brændstof |
 Greek: καύσιμο |
 Spanish: combustible |
 Estonian: kütus |
 Farsi: سوخت |
 Finnish: polttoaine |
 French: combustible |
 Hebrew: דֶּלֶק |
 Hindi: ईंधन |
 Croatian: gorivo |
 Hungarian: tüzelő(anyag); üzemanyag |
 Indonesian: bahan bakar |
 Icelandic: eldsneyti |
 Italian: combustibile, carburante |
 Japanese: 燃料 |
 Korean: 연료 |
 Lithuanian: kuras, degalai |
 Latvian: kurināmais; degviela |
 Malay: minyak |
 Dutch: brandstof |
 Norwegian: brensel, driv-/brennstoff |
 Polish: opał, paliwo |
 Persian: سوخت |
 Pashto: دسونګ مواد |
 Portuguese: combustível |
 Romanian: combustibil, carburant |
 Russian: топливо |
 Slovak: palivo |
 Slovenian: gorivo |
 Serbian: gorivo |
 Swedish: bränsle |
 Thai: เชื้อเพลิง |
 Turkish: yakıt, yakacak |
 Taiwanese: 燃料 |
 Ukrainian: паливо; пальне |
 Urdu: کسی مشین کو چلانے کے لۓ ا |
 Vietnamese: chất đốt; nhiên liệu |
 Chinese: 燃料 |
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