Fuel Definition
fyo͝oəl
fueled, fueling, fuelled, fuelling, fuels
noun
fuels
Something consumed to produce energy, especially:
American Heritage
Any material, as coal, oil, gas, wood, etc., burned to supply heat or power.
Webster's New World
Fissile material from which nuclear energy can be obtained, as in a nuclear reactor.
Webster's New World
Anything that maintains or intensifies strong feeling, etc.
Webster's New World
Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- ammunition
- energy-source
- firing material
- combustible
- solid propellant
- fossil-fuel
- liquid propellant
verb
fueled, fueling, fuelled, fuelling, fuels
To supply with fuel.
Webster's New World
To get fuel.
Webster's New World
To support or stimulate the activity or existence of.
Rhetoric that fueled the dissenters.
American Heritage
To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- deplete
- unfuel
- de-energize
- discourage
Origin of Fuel
Middle English feuel from Old French fouaille, feuaile from Vulgar Latin focālia neuter pl. of *focālis of the hearth or fireplace from Latin focus hearth, fireplace
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French fouaille, from feu (“fire”).
From Wiktionary
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