Fuel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fuel	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Fuel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fuel n a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" v provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" Synonym(s): fuel, fire take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuel \Fu"el\, n. [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL. focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. See {Focus}.] [Formerly written also {fewel.}] 1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc. 2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. {Artificial fuel}, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fuel \Fu"el\, v. t. 1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.] Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. --Cowley. 2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.] Well watered and well fueled. --Sir H. Wotton.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fuel Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks of herbs (Matt. 6:30), thorns (Ps. 58:9; Eccl. 7:6), animal excrements (Ezek. 4:12-15; 15:4, 6; 21:32). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of Hebron to Jerusalem. (See {COAL}.)