fuelled

Variant of fuel

fuel definition

fuel (fyo̵̅o̅′əl, fyo̵̅o̅l)

noun

  1. any material, as coal, oil, gas, wood, etc., burned to supply heat or power
  2. fissile material from which nuclear energy can be obtained, as in a nuclear reactor
  3. anything that maintains or intensifies strong feeling, etc.

Etymology: ME fewell < OFr fouaille < ML fuale, focale < foca, hearth, for L focus, fireplace: see focus

transitive verb fueled fu′eled or fuelled fu′elled, fueling fu′el·ing or fuelling fu′el·ling

to supply with fuel

intransitive verb

to get fuel

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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