fuel
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(verb) stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" |
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Related Words: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir |
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(verb) take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" |
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Related Words: refuel, take in, take up |
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(verb) provide with fuel; as of aircraft, ships, and cars |
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Related Words: bunker, furnish, gas up, provide, refuel, render, supply |
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(verb) provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" |
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Synonyms: fire |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(noun) a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" |
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Synonyms: combustible, combustible material |
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Related Words: biomass, butane, charcoal, coal gas, coke, diesel fuel, diesel oil, firewood, fossil fuel, fuel oil, gas, gasohol, gasolene, gasoline, heating oil, igniter, ignitor, illuminant, kerosene, kerosine, lighter, matter, methanol, methyl alcohol, peat, petrol, propane, propellant, propellent, red fire, rocket fuel, substance, water gas, wood alcohol, wood coal, wood spirit |
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