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fu·el  (fyl)

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 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.

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[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.]

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fuel·er n.

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fuel

Noun

1. any substance burned for heat or power, such as coal or petrol

2. the material that produces energy by fission in a nuclear reactor

3. add fuel to to make (a difficult situation) worse

Verb

[fuelling, fuelled] or US [fueling, fueled]

1. to supply with or receive fuel

2. to intensify or make worse (a feeling or situation): the move is bound to fuel speculation [Old French feu fire]

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fuel  (fyl)

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.

Thesaurus

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"

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fuel

noun 1. nourishment, food, kai N.Z. (informal) sustenance

noun 2. incitement, encouragement, ammunition, provocation, food, material, incentive, fodder

verb 3. inflame, power, charge, fire, fan, encourage, feed, boost, sustain, stimulate, nourish, incite, whip up, stoke up

Translations

fuel [fjuəl] n (for heating) → combustible m (= coal); carbón m (= wood); leña;

(for engine) → carburante m

vt [+ furnace etc] → alimentar [+ aircraft, ship etc]; aprovisionar de combustible

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fuel [fjuəl] n (for heating) → combustible m;

(for engine) → carburant m

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fuel [ˈfjuəl] n → Brennstoff m;

(for vehicle) → Kraftstoff m: (petrol) → Benzin nt;

(for aircraft, rocket) → Treibstoff m

vt (furnace etc) → betreiben;

(aircraft, ship etc) → antreiben

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fuel [fjuəl] n (for heating) → combustibile m;

(for propelling) → carburante m

vt [+ furnace etc] → alimentare [+ aircraft, ship etc]; rifornire di carburante