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fuel

Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːəl/

The English word “fuel” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  2. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  3. Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.

verb

  1. To provide with fuel.
  2. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

Etymology

From Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”), whence English focus. Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”).

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