fuel
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old French: feuaile, from feu (“fire”)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
- Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
- (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
- His books were fuel for the revolution.
- Money is the fuel for economy.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
substance consumed to provide energy
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figurative: something that stimulates
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[edit] Verb
fuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle fueling, simple past and past participle fueled) fuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle fuelling, simple past and past participle fuelled)
- to provide fuel
- to exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater
[edit] Usage notes
- fuelled and fuelling are mainly British spellings.
[edit] Translations
to provide fuel
to exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From English
[edit] Noun
fuel m. (plural fuels)