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The definition of fuel is anything that produces energy, power or heat.
(noun)- An example of fuel is carbohydrates.
- An example of fuel is gasoline.
- An example of fuel is solar.
Fuel is defined as to give energy or power.
(verb)An example of fuel is putting gas in your car.
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See fuel in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- any material, as coal, oil, gas, wood, etc., burned to supply heat or power
- fissile material from which nuclear energy can be obtained, as in a nuclear reactor
- anything that maintains or intensifies strong feeling, etc.
Origin: ME fewell < OFr fouaille < ML fuale, focale < foca, hearth, for L focus, fireplace: see focus
intransitive verb
to get fuel
See fuel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Something consumed to produce energy, especially:a. A material such as wood, coal, gas, or oil burned to produce heat or power.b. Fissionable material used in a nuclear reactor.c. Nutritive material metabolized by a living organism; food.
- Something that maintains or stimulates an activity or emotion: “Money is the fuel of a volunteer organization” (Natalie de Combray).
- To provide with fuel.
- To support or stimulate the activity or existence of: rhetoric that fueled the dissenters.
To take in fuel.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English feuel
Origin: , from Old French fouaille, feuaile
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *focālia
Origin: , neuter pl. of *focālis, of the hearth or fireplace
Origin: , from Latin focus, hearth, fireplace
.Related Forms:
- fuˈel·er noun
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