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fuel
[ fyoo-uhl ]
noun
- combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- something that gives nourishment; food.
- an energy source for engines, power plants, or reactors:
Kerosene is used as jet engine fuel.
- something that sustains or encourages; stimulant:
Our discussion provided him with fuel for debate.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
- to supply with fuel.
verb (used without object)
- to obtain or replenish fuel.
fuel
/ ʊə /
noun
- any substance burned as a source of heat or power, such as coal or petrol
- the material, containing a fissile substance, such as uranium-235, that produces energy in a nuclear reactor
- a substance that releases energy in a fusion reactor
- something that nourishes or builds up emotion, action, etc
verb
- to supply with or receive fuel
fuel
/ ڲ̅̅′ə /
- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ڳı· (especially British) ڳı· noun
- ·ڳı verb (used with object) defueled defueling or (especially British) defuelled defuelling
- ԴDz·ڳı adjective
- ܲ·ڳı (especially British) ܲ·ڳı adjective
- ɱ-ڳı (especially British) ɱ-ڳı adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of fuel1
Idioms and Phrases
see add fuel to the fire .Example Sentences
That means if Canada decided to reduce crude oil exports in retaliation against US tariffs, it could push up fuel prices.
But outside powers helped fuel that civil war for more than a decade, and its neighbours are now eyeing the vacuum left by Assad.
Depending on the type of rocket fuel used, launches produce nitrogen oxides, chlorine, black carbon particles, water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide — and no propellant avoids creating of some kind of emissions.
The firings mark the latest salvo in Trump’s long-simmering antipathy toward the National Security Council, which was fueled in part by a spat with former NSC staffer and whistleblower Alexander Vindman.
It mainly consisted of fertilisers, nuclear fuel and some metals, according to Trading Economics and Russian media.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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