fuel

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old French: feuaile , from 1200 up to 1500 = 'ce qui alimente le feu'

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

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Singular
fuel

Plural
fuels

fuel (plural fuels)

  1. a flammable substance
  2. a substance consumed to power an engine through the release of chemical or nuclear energy
  3. a substance used by a machine or a process to produce energy or power

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[edit] Translations

flammable substance
substance consumed to power an engine

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to fuel

Third person singular
fuels

Simple past
fueled

Past participle
fueled

Present participle
fueling

to fuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle fueling, simple past and past participle fueled)

Infinitive
to fuel

Third person singular
fuels

Simple past
fuelled

Past participle
fuelled

Present participle
fuelling

to fuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle fuelling, simple past and past participle fuelled)

  1. to provide fuel
  2. 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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