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Adjective: fuelled fyoo-uld Usage: Brit, Cdn (=fueled)
- Heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel
"The Sun is fuelled by conversion of hydrogen to nitrogen" - fueled [N. Amer] Verb: fuel (fuelled,fuelling, or [US] fueled,fueling) fyoo(-u)l- Provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
"fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" - Provide as a source of energy or heat
"Oil fuels the furnace" - fire - Take in fuel, as of a ship
"The tanker fueled in Bahrain" - Stimulate
"fuel the debate on creationism"
See also: clean-burning, coal-burning, coal-fired, fueling [US], liquid-fueled, oil-fired, wood-burning, wood-fired Type of: excite, furnish, provide, render, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, supply, take in, take up Encyclopedia: Fuel |