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fu·el (fy

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 also fu·elled, fu·el·ing also fu·el·ling, fu·els also fu·els

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.

[Middle English feuel, from Old French fouaille, feuaile, from Vulgar Latin *foclia, neuter pl. of *foclis, of the hearth or fireplace, from Latin focus, hearth, fireplace.]

fuel·er n.

fuel [fjʊəl]

1. (Chemistry) any substance burned as a source of heat or power, such as coal or petrol

a. (Physics / General Physics) 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.

vb fuels, fuelling, fuelled US, fuels fueling, fueled

to supply with or receive fuel

[from Old French feuaile, from feu fire, ultimately from Latin focus fireplace, hearth]

fueller US, fueler n

fuel (fy

A substance that produces useful energy when it undergoes a chemical or nuclear reaction. Fuel such as coal, wood, oil, or gas provides energy when burned. Compounds in the body such as glucose are broken down into simpler compounds to provide energy for metabolic processes. Some radioactive substances, such as plutonium and tritium, provide energy by undergoing nuclear fission or fusion.

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Noun	1.	fuel - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man" biomass - plant materials and animal waste used as fuel butane - occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels charcoal, wood coal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air coal gas - gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting coke - carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal diesel fuel, diesel oil - a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines fire - fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire" fossil fuel - fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content fuel oil, heating oil - a petroleum product used for fuel gasohol - a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn gasolene, gasoline, petrol, gas - a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines illuminant - something that can serve as a source of light coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil - a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit - a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol nuclear fuel - fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity propane - colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel red fire - combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks combustible, combustible material - a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power water gas - a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal firewood - wood used for fuel; "they collected and cut their own firewood" igniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
Verb	1.	fuel - provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" gas up - fill with gasoline; "Gas up the car" refuel - provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars bunker - fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
	2.	fuel - provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" fire furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	3.	fuel - take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" take up, take in - accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid" refuel - take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car
	4.	fuel - stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

fuel

noun

1. petrol, oil, gas, gasoline (U.S.), source of energy, propellant, diesel oil They ran out of fuel.

2. wood, coal, logs, firewood, kindling I fetched more fuel for the fire.

3. nourishment, food, kai (N.Z. informal), sustenance Babies and toddlers need fuel for growth.

4. incitement, encouragement, ammunition, provocation, food, material, incentive, fodder His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate.

verb

inflame, power, charge, fire, fan, encourage, feed, boost, sustain, stimulate, nourish, incite, whip up, stoke up The economic boom was fuelled by easy credit.

Translations

fuel [fjʊəl]

A. N

1. (gen) → combustible m; (for engine) → carburante m; (specifically coal) → carbón m; (= wood) → leña f

2. (fig) → pábulo m
to add fuel to the flames → echar leña al fuego

B. VT

1. [+ furnace etc] → alimentar; [+ aircraft, ship etc] → repostar

2. (fig) [+ speculation etc] → estimular, provocar; [+ dispute] → avivar, acalorar

C. VI [aircraft, ship] → repostar

D. CPD fuel cap N (Aut) → tapa f del depósito de gasolina
fuel crisis N → crisis f inv energética
fuel injection (engine) N → motor m de inyección
fuel needs NPL → necesidades fpl energéticas
fuel oil N → fuel oil m, mazut m
fuel policy N → política f energética
fuel pump N (Aut) → surtidor m de gasolina
fuel tank N → depósito m (de combustible)

fuel [ˈfjuːəl]

(for heating) → combustible m
to add fuel to the fire (= intensify conflict) → jeter de l'huile sur le feu

(for vehicle) → carburant m
to run out of fuel → avoir une panne de carburant

vt (= encourage) [+ rumour, speculation] → alimenter; [+ growth, boom] → alimenter

modif

(heating) [bill] → de combustible

(= consumption, crisis, shortage) → de carburant
fuel efficiency n → rendement m énergétique
fuel-efficient [ˌfjuːəlɪˈfɪʃ^ənt] adj → économique
fuel gauge n [car] → jauge f d'essence
fuel injection n → injection f, injection f de carburant
fuel injection engine n → moteur m à injection

fuel

n → Brennstoff m, → Brennmaterial nt; (for vehicle) → Kraftstoff m; (= petrol) → Benzin nt; (Aviat, Space) → Treibstoff m; (fig) → Nahrung f; to add fuel to the flames or fire (fig) → Öl in die Flammen or ins Feuer gießen; what kind of fuel do you use in your central heating? → womit betreiben Sie Ihre Zentralheizung? ? solid fuel

vt (= fill) stove, furnace etc → mit Brennstoff versorgen; ships etc → auftanken, betanken; (= use for fuel) → betreiben; (= drive, propel) → antreiben; (fig) conflict → schüren; debate → anfachen; inflation → anheizen; speculation → Nahrung geben (+dat); power stations fuelled (Brit) or fueled (US) by oil → mit Öl befeuerte Kraftwerke; fuelled (Brit) or fueled (US) by memories → von Erinnerungen angefacht; fuelled (Brit) or fueled (US) by drink → vom Alkohol angetrieben

vi (ship, engine, aircraft) → auftanken, Brennstoff/Treibstoff etc aufnehmen; fuelling stop → Landung f → zum Auftanken

fuel:

fuel cell

n → Brennstoffzelle f

fuel cock

n → Treibstoffhahn m

fuel consumption

n → Kraftstoff- or Benzinverbauch m

fuel element

n (of reactor) → Brennelement nt

fuel gauge

n → Benzinuhr f, → Tankuhr f

fuel:

fuel-injected

adj → Einspritz-; fuel engine → Einspritzmotor m

fuel injection

n → (Benzin)einspritzung f; engine with fuel → Einspritzmotor m

fuel oil

n → Gasöl nt

fuel pipe

n → Benzinleitung f

fuel pump

n → Benzinpumpe f

fuel rod

n (of reactor) → Brennstab m

fuel shortage

n → Brennstoffknappheit f

fuel tank

n → Öltank m

fuel [fjʊəl]

1. n (gen) → combustibile m; (for engine) → carburante m
to add fuel to the flames (fig) → soffiare sul fuoco, gettar olio sul fuoco

2. vt (furnace) → alimentare; (aircraft, ship) → rifornire di carburante

3. vi (aircraft, ship) → rifornirsi di carburante

fuel [fjʊəl]

1. n (gen) → combustibile m; (for engine) → carburante m
to add fuel to the flames (fig) → soffiare sul fuoco, gettar olio sul fuoco

2. vt (furnace) → alimentare; (aircraft, ship) → rifornire di carburante

3. vi (aircraft, ship) → rifornirsi di carburante

fuel

n fuel [ˈfjuəl]

any substance by which a fire, engine etc is made to work (eg coal, oil, petrol) The machine ran out of fuel. brandstof وُقود гориво palivo brændstof der Brennstoff καύσιμο combustible kütus سوخت polttoaine combustible דֶּלֶק ईंधन gorivo tüzelő(anyag); üzemanyag bahan bakar eldsneyti combustibile, carburante 燃料 연료 kuras, degalai kurināmais; degviela minyak brandstof brensel, driv-/brennstoff opał, paliwo combustível combustibil, carburant топливо palivo gorivo gorivo bränsle เชื้อเพลิง yakıt, yakacak 燃料 паливо; пальне کسی مشین کو چلانے کے لۓ ایندھن وغیرہ chất đốt; nhiên liệu 燃料

v – past tense, past participle ˈfuelled , (American ) fueled –

to give or take fuel The tanker will leave when it has finished fuelling / being fuelled. brandstof inneem يُزَوِّدُ بِالوُقود зареждам с гориво (na)tankovat, nabrat palivo tanke auftanken,bunkern εφοδιάζω με καύσιμο abastecer de combustible tankima سوخت گیری کردن tankata (se) ravitailler en combustible לְתַדלֵק ईंधन डालना nabaviti gorivo, opskrbljivati gorivom üzemanyaggal ellát; tankol mengisi bahan bakar taka eldsneyti; sjá fyrir eldsneyti rifornire di combustibile/carburante 燃料を供給する 연료를 공급하다 pa(si)pildyti degalais, išpilti degalus iepildīt degvielu mengisi minyak brandstof innemen, van brandstof voorzien ta inn/forsyne med brensel tankować, zaopatrywać się w paliwo meter combustível a alimenta cu combustibil заправлять(ся) горючим natankovať napolniti (se) z gorivom snabdeti gorivom fylla på drivmedel (bränsle), tanka เติมน้ำมันเชื้อเพลิง yakıt ikmali yapmak; yakıt almak 給...加燃料 заправляти(ся) пальним ایندھن پہنچانا đổ nhiên liệu 给...加燃料

fuel → وقود palivo brændstof Brennstoff καύσιμο combustible polttoaine carburant gorivo carburante 燃料 연료 brandstof drivstoff paliwo combustível топливо bränsle เชื้อเพลิง yakıt nhiên liệu 燃料

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