fuel

Speech parts

1. fuel - Noun

2. fuel - Verb

Meaning

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

Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.

To feed with fuel.

To store or furnish with fuel or firing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

power food fire gas charge feed encourage coal boost sustain strengthen gasoline stimulate charcoal petrol
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Antonyms

lower prevent deflate reduce stop slow
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Hypernyms

provide supply substance render stimulate shake

Hyponyms

coke fire gas lighter gasoline charcoal

Phrases with the word

add fuel to the flames fuel filling station fuel provider fuel supplier black oil fuel fuel formed by natural processes

Derivatives

fuelled fuelling

Anagrams

flue fule

Examples

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat. Neal Barnard

It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. Benjamin Franklin

When neighbours quarrel, lookers-on are more apt to add fuel than water. Danish Proverb

The fuel in the lamp consumes itself but lights others. African Proverb

Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Fuegian dog Fuego fuehrer fuel additive fuel amount fuel based