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fu⋅el

  [fyoo-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
2. something that gives nourishment; food.
3. an energy source for engines, power plants, or reactors: Kerosene is used as jet engine fuel.
4. something that sustains or encourages; stimulant: Our discussion provided him with fuel for debate.
–verb (used with object)
5. to supply with fuel.
–verb (used without object)
6. to obtain or replenish fuel.
Origin:
1300–50; ME fuel(le), feuel < OF feuaile < VL *focālia, neut. pl. of *focālis of the hearth, fuel. See focus, -al 1

Related forms:
fu⋅el⋅er, fu⋅el⋅ler, noun

Synonyms:
4. ammunition, sustenance, impetus, stimulus.
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fu·el   (fyōō'əl)   
n.  
  1. Something consumed to produce energy, especially:
    1. A material such as wood, coal, gas, or oil burned to produce heat or power.
    2. Fissionable material used in a nuclear reactor.
    3. Nutritive material metabolized by a living organism; food.
  2. Something that maintains or stimulates an activity or emotion: "Money is the fuel of a volunteer organization" (Natalie de Combray).
v.   fu·eled also fu·elled, fu·el·ing also fu·el·ling, fu·els also fu·els

v.   tr.
  1. To provide with fuel.
  2. To support or stimulate the activity or existence of: rhetoric that fueled the dissenters.
v.   intr.
To take in fuel.

[Middle English feuel, from Old French fouaille, feuaile, from Vulgar Latin *focālia, neuter pl. of *focālis, of the hearth or fireplace, from Latin focus, hearth, fireplace.]
fu'el·er n.
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Fuel

Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL. focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. See Focus.] [Formerly written also fewel.]

1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.

Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.

Fuel

Fu"el\, v. t. 1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.]

Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. --Cowley.

2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.]

Well watered and well fueled. --Sir H. Wotton.
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Language Translation for : fuel
Spanish: combustible,
German: der Brennstoff,
Japanese: 燃料
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fuel  (n.)
c.1300, from O.Fr. feuaile "bundle of firewood," from M.L. legal term *focalia "right to demand material for making fire," neut. pl. of L. focus "hearth."
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fuel   (fy'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
A substance that produces useful energy when it undergoes a chemical or nuclear reaction. Fuel such as coal, wood, oil, or gas provides energy when burned. Compounds in the body such as glucose are broken down into simpler compounds to provide energy for metabolic processes. Some radioactive substances, such as plutonium and tritium, provide energy by undergoing nuclear fission or fusion.
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Fuel

Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks of herbs (Matt. 6:30), thorns (Ps. 58:9; Eccl. 7:6), animal excrements (Ezek. 4:12-15; 15:4, 6; 21:32). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of Hebron to Jerusalem. (See COAL.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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fuel

see add fuel to the fire.

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