fuel
See also: fül
English
Etymology
From Middle English fewell, from Old French fouaille, feuaille, from feu (“fire”). Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fuel (countable and uncountable, plural fuels)
- Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
- More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
- 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.
- That film was nightmare fuel!
Derived terms
Terms derived from fuel
Translations
substance consumed to provide energy
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substance that provides nourishment
figurative: something that stimulates
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Verb
fuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle (US) fueling or fuelling, simple past and past participle (US) fueled or fuelled)
- To provide with fuel.
- To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
Usage notes
- Fuelled and fuelling are British, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian spellings. Fueled and fueling are U.S. spellings.
Translations
to provide with fuel
to exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
Noun
fuel m (plural fuels)
See also
Further reading
- “fuel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
fuel
- Alternative form of fewell
Spanish
Noun
fuel m (plural fueles)
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