fuel ●●●●●
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |B1|SPEAKING vocabularyWRITING vocabularyIELTS vocabulary fu‧el /ˈfjuːəl/ noun
fuel verb (past tense and past participle fuelled, present participle fuelling, fueled, fueling)
سوخت
ماده قابل اشتعال، غذا، اغذیه، تقویت، سوخت گیری کردن، سوخت دادن، تحریک کردن، تجدید نیرو کردن، علوم مهندسی: ماده انرژی زا، ماده کارساز، عمران: سوخت، معماری: سوخت، شیمی: سوخت، ورزش: سوخت موتور، علوم هوایی: سوخت، علوم نظامی: بنزین
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Synonyms & Related Words fuel[noun]Synonyms: incitement, ammunition, provocation
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English Dictionary I. fu‧el1 S3 W2 /ˈfjuːəl/
noun[
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;
Origin: fouaille, from feu 'fire', from Latin focus; ⇒ focus1]
[uncountable and countable] a substance such as coal, gas, or oil that can be burned to produce heat or energy:
Coal is one of the cheapest fuels. ⇒
add fuel to the fire/flames at
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II. fuel2 verb (
past tense and past participle fuelled,
present participle fuelling British English,
fueled,
fueling American English)
1. [transitive] to make something, especially something bad, increase or become stronger
Synonym : provoke:
His words fuelled her anger still more.fuel speculation/rumours/controversy etc Progress was slow, fueling concerns that the stadium would not be finished on time.2. (
also fuel up)
[intransitive and transitive] if you fuel a vehicle, or if it fuels up, fuel is put into it
Synonym : fill up:
We’d better fuel up at the next town. The van was fuelled and waiting in the basement car park. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocations fuel noun ADJ. clean, smokeless, unleaded | fossil, nuclear, solid | domestic, household | aviation | spent The plant reprocesses spent fuel from nuclear power stations. VERB + FUEL burn, run on, use power stations which burn fossil fuels What sort of fuel does the car run on?
burn sth as, use sth as The power plant burns used vehicle tyres as fuel.
save, waste | process, reprocess FUEL + NOUN bill, costs, prices | consumption a car with high fuel consumption
economy, efficiency The engine gives good fuel economy.
pump, tank [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
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