Fuel
[fjʊəl] or ['fjuəl]
Definition
(noun.) a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; 'more fuel is needed during the winter months'; 'they developed alternative fuels for aircraft'.
(verb.) stimulate; 'fuel the debate on creationism'.
(verb.) take in fuel, as of a ship; 'The tanker fueled in Bahrain'.
(verb.) provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; 'fuel aircraft, ships, and cars'.
(verb.) provide with fuel; 'Oil fires the furnace'.
Inputed by Byron--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
(n.) Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.
(v. t.) To feed with fuel.
(v. t.) To store or furnish with fuel or firing.
Editor: Olivia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Firing.
Typed by Floyd
Definition
n. anything that feeds a fire supplies energy &c.—v.t. (arch.) to furnish with fuel.—adj. Fū′elled furnished with fuel.—n. Fū′eller one who or that which supplies fuel for fires.
Checker: Peggy
Examples
- One early station in New York for arc lighting was an old soap-works whose well-soaked floors did not need much additional grease to render them choice fuel for the inevitable flames. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The coal in the retorts is not entirely consumed, but is reduced to the condition of coke, and in this form is sold for fuel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Oil is used for fuel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He estimated the consumption of fuel by a theoretically perfect air engine on Mr. Stirling's principle at 0·37 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The stove stood near my desk, he attacked it; the little iron door was nearly dashed from its hinges, the fuel was made to fly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There are none of the bad effects so often caused by the air becoming vitiated, due to the burning up of oxygen in the air by gas and other fuels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checked by Barry