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fudge sauce |
fudge together |
fudge wheel |
fuegian |
fuego |
Fuel
| fuel cell
| fuel consumption rate
| fuel filter
| fuel gauge
| fuel indicator
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Fuel has 1 sense
- fuel(n = noun.substance) Array - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" is a kind of substance
has particulars: biomass, butane, charcoal, wood coal, coal gas, coke, diesel fuel, diesel oil, fire, fossil fuel, fuel oil, heating oil, gasohol, gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol, illuminant, coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit, nuclear fuel, propane, red fire, combustible, combustible material, water gas, firewood, igniter, ignitor, lighter
Derived forms verb fuel3, verb fuel1, verb fuel2
Verb Fuel has 4 senses
- fuel(v = verb.possession) Array - provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- fuel(v = verb.possession) fire - provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- fuel(v = verb.possession) Array - take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" is one way to take in, take up
- fuel(v = verb.emotion) Array - stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" is one way to excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
Derived forms noun fuel1, noun fueling1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun fuel1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun fuel1, noun fueling1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Fuel, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL. focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. See Focus.].
- Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. [1913 Webster]
Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
Fuel, v. t.
- To feed with fuel. [1913 Webster]"Never, alas I the dreadful name,
That fuels the infernal flame." [1913 Webster] - To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [1913 Webster]"Well watered and well fueled." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Fuel, n. & v.
--n.
1 material, esp. coal, wood, oil, etc., burnt or used as a source of heat or power.
2 food as a source of energy.
3 material used as a source of nuclear energy.
4 anything that sustains or inflames emotion or passion.
--v. (fuelled, fuelling; US fueled, fueling)
1 tr. supply with fuel.
2 tr. sustain or inflame (an argument, feeling, etc.) (drink fuelled his anger).
3 intr. take in or get fuel.
--n.
1 material, esp. coal, wood, oil, etc., burnt or used as a source of heat or power.
2 food as a source of energy.
3 material used as a source of nuclear energy.
4 anything that sustains or inflames emotion or passion.
--v. (fuelled, fuelling; US fueled, fueling)
1 tr. supply with fuel.
2 tr. sustain or inflame (an argument, feeling, etc.) (drink fuelled his anger).
3 intr. take in or get fuel.
Idiom
fuel cell a cell producing an electric current direct from a chemical reaction. fuel element an element of nuclear fuel etc. for use in a reactor. fuel injection the direct introduction of fuel under pressure into the combustion units of an internal-combustion engine. fuel oil oil used as fuel in an engine or furnace.
Etymology
ME f. AF fuaille, fewaile, OF fouaille, ult. f. L focus hearth
THESAURUS
Fuel
ammunition, bunker, cater, charge, coal, combustible, detonate, encourage, encouragement, exacerbate, excite, exhaust, explode, feed, fill up, food, forage, fossil fuel, fuel up, fulminate, gas, gas up, incite, incitement, inflame, jet propulsion, kindling, liquid oxygen, nourish, nourishment, nuclear fuel, nutriment, nutrition, oil, propellant, propulsion charge, provender, provision, provocation, provoke, purvey, reaction propulsion, refuel, rocket propulsion, sell, stimulate, stimulus, stoke, sustain, sustenance, thrust, tinder, top off, victualROGET THESAURUS
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Materials
N materials, material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple, adobe, brown stone, chinking, clapboard, daubing, puncheon, shake, shingle, bricks and mortar, metal, stone, clay, brick crockery, compo, composition, concrete, reinforced concrete, cement, wood, ore, timber, materials, supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum, ammunition, contingents, relay, reinforcement, reenforcement, baggage, means, calico, cambric, cashmere, raw, wooden, adobe.Fuel
N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.
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