Definitions for fuel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fuel(verb)

    a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

    "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"

  2. fuel(verb)

    provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

    "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"

  3. fuel, fire(verb)

    provide with fuel

    "Oil fires the furnace"

  4. fuel(verb)

    take in fuel, as of a ship

    "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"

  5. fuel(verb)

    stimulate

    "fuel the debate on creationism"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. fuel(noun)ˈfyu əl

    a liquid or solid substance that produces energy when burned

    gasoline and other fuels

  2. fuelˈfyu əl

    sth that encourages an activity

    The incident provided the fuel for further protests.

  3. fuelˈfyu əl

    to make a bad situation worse

    The media coverage has just added fuel to the fire.

  4. fuel(verb)ˈfyu əl

    to give power to sth

    hydrogen that can be used to fuel a hydrogen-powered car

  5. fuelˈfyu əl

    to put fuel into a vehicle

    as they fueled up the military jets

  6. fuelˈfyu əl

    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

Wiktionary

  1. fuel(Noun)

    Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

  2. fuel(Noun)

    Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.

  3. fuel(Noun)

    Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.

  4. fuel(Verb)

    to provide fuel

  5. fuel(Verb)

    to exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater

  6. Origin: : feuaile, from feu

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fuel(noun)

    any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc

  2. Fuel(noun)

    anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement

  3. Fuel(verb)

    to feed with fuel

  4. Fuel(verb)

    to store or furnish with fuel or firing


Translations for fuel

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fuel(noun)

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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