fuel

Definition of Fuel in English :

Noun

1. fuel

a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

Example Sentences:
'more fuel is needed during the winter months'
'they developed alternative fuels for aircraft'

Verb

2. fuel

provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

Example Sentences:
'fuel aircraft, ships, and cars'

3. fire, fuel

provide with fuel

Example Sentences:
'Oil fires the furnace'

fire

4. fuel

take in fuel, as of a ship

Example Sentences:
'The tanker fueled in Bahrain'

5. fuel

stimulate

Example Sentences:
'fuel the debate on creationism'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fuel

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noun

1.

any substance burned as a source of heat or power, such as coal or petrol

2.

a.

the material, containing a fissile substance, such as uranium-235, that produces energy in a nuclear reactor

b.

a substance that releases energy in a fusion reactor

3.

something that nourishes or builds up emotion, action, etc

verbWord forms: fuels, fuelling, fuelledWord forms: US fuels, fueling or fueled

4.

to supply with or receive fuel

Fuel

see synonyms of fuel

noun

1.

any material, as coal, oil, gas, wood, etc., burned to supply heat or power

2.

fissile material from which nuclear energy can be obtained, as in a nuclear reactor

3.

anything that maintains or intensifies strong feeling, etc.

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfueled or ˈfuelled, ˈfueling or ˈfuelling

4.

to supply with fuel

verb intransitive

5.

to get fuel

Fuel

see synonyms of fuel

n.

1. Something consumed to produce energy, especially:

a. A material such as wood, coal, gas, or oil burned to produce heat or power.

b. Fissionable material used in a nuclear reactor.

c. Nutritive material metabolized by a living organism; food.

2. Something that maintains or stimulates an activity or emotion: "Money is the fuel of a volunteer organization" (Natalie de Combray).

v. fu·eled, fu·el·ing, fu·els also fu·elled or fu·el·ling

v.tr.

1. To provide with fuel.

2. To support or stimulate the activity or existence of: rhetoric that fueled the dissenters.

v.intr.

To take in fuel.

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