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fuel

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1. fuel - Noun

2. fuel - Verb

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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

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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

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