fuel1 nounfuel2 verb
fuelfu‧el1 /ˈfjuːəl/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINfuel1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French fouaille, from feu ‘fire’, from Latin focus; ➔ FOCUS1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The fuel tank holds 14 gallons.
- Officials said they began pumping fuel from the barge before noon Sunday at a rate of 240, 000 gallons an hour.
- Such anaerobic respiration is much quicker than aerobic respiration, but also much less efficient in terms of energy produced per unit of fuel.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + fuel
With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). News of bread rationing created panic buying. the plane’s fuel tankCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=a fuel such as coal or oil, produced by the gradual decaying of plants and animals)· Global warming may be caused by burning fossil fuels.
· What do we do with the spent nuclear fuel?
(=a solid substance, such as coal, that is used as a fuel)· The number of homes using solid fuel for heating has decreased.
(=used in a house)· There has been a sharp rise in domestic fuel costs.
(=that burns without producing smoke)· The government is trying to encourage the use of environmentally-friendly smokeless fuels.
(=that does not contain lead)· Modern cars run on unleaded fuel.
(=a fuel that harms the environment as little as possible)· Are green fuels, like Biodiesel, really the solution to our fuel crisis?
(=fuel that does not harm the environment)· The proposal is to cut tax on cars that run on clean fuel.
(=used used by planes)· high-octane aviation fuel
verbs· People need to learn how to use fuel more efficiently.
(=use fuel as the source of power)· Will this engine run on unleaded fuel?
(=use all the fuel available and have none left)· The ship ran out of fuel and drifted helplessly.
(=put fuel in a vehicle's fuel tank)· Before leaving, I filled up with fuel at the local petrol station.
· You can save fuel by not driving too fast.
· The booklet gives helpful tips on how to avoid wasting fuel.
fuel + NOUN· The increase in fuel costs is severely affecting pensioners.
· Insulating your house will cut your fuel bill.
(=a container for storing fuel)· The fuel tank holds 14 gallons of petrol.
(=an instrument for measuring fuel)· I noticed the fuel gauge was on empty so I pulled into the nearest gas station.
(=a machine that forces fuel into an engine)· The car's fuel pump was leaking.
(=amount used)· Fuel consumption averages 54 miles per gallon.
(=how well a vehicle uses fuel, without wasting any)· Greater engine efficiency has led to improved fuel economy.
phrases (=it does not have much fuel left)· The plane was running low on fuel.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=make people even more angry)· The row could fuel growing anger among the Labour party.
(=add to it)· The energy crisis is fuelling a boom in alternative energy.
· There are three possible methods of reducing oil consumption.
(=add to it)· England's manager fuelled controversy with his criticism of the referee.
· There is an energy crisis here, with power cuts happening daily.
· I gave the kids some money for a pizza delivery.
(=using fuel in an efficient way)· Better fuel efficiency can be achieved by driving more slowly.
(=not wasting any fuel or energy)· an energy efficient heating system
With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). (also petrol gauge British English), gas gauge American English:· The fuel gauge read a little over half full.
(=make inflation worse)· The increase in food prices is fuelling inflation.· There are now fears that price rises will push up inflation.
News of bread rationing created panic buying. (=make it increase)· The announcement has fueled speculation that the company will be the target of a takeover bid.
the plane’s fuel tank· The Government has made moves to encourage owners of vehicles to adopt cleaner fuel, but action is slow.· Independent tests have proved that Shell Advanced petrol will keep your engine three hundred percent cleaner than ordinary fuels.· While this step awaits technical advances, cleaner fuels for cars and lorries, such as methanol, are urged for immediate use.· Gas usage will increase particularly in the home-heating sectors and in industries requiring clean fuels.· A great deal of research effort is going into overcoming hydrogen's shortcomings, mainly because it's such a clean fuel.
· This is used as a domestic fuel.· Almost all the bogs have been extensively peat-cut for domestic fuel.· Budget tax anger Anti-poverty campaigners have been angered by the Chancellor's budget decision to tax domestic fuel.· Up to that time coal was chiefly used as a domestic fuel but from 1812 onwards it went to sea as bunker fuel.
· Thermal stations burning coal, oil or nuclear fuel work 24 hours a day and their output is less easy to adjust.· Energy Department officials say nuclear fuel rods have been safely transported for decades.· Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods increases the volume of waste and should be undertaken only when necessary for safety reasons.· Revenues, from reprocessing domestic and imported nuclear fuels, are not expected to exceed £5.2 billion.· Officials have still to decide how the radioactive dust and nuclear fuel inside should be cleaned up.· In September 1973, workers in the B204 building were starting work on dissolving a fresh batch of nuclear fuel.· Eventually, however, the star will run out of its hydrogen and other nuclear fuels.· After three years' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed.
· I found a plumber, but when he saw the solid fuel monster in the kitchen, he paled visibly.· Others For any advice on solid fuel, dial 100 and ask for Freefone Real Fires.· The boiler, situated in the cellar, is hand-fired using solid fuel.· Do you have room to store oil or solid fuel or wood?· Apart from the trophy the winner receives £60, a tankard and a voucher for £35 for solid fuel.· Whether, you're burning solid fuel, gas, or electricity, there's a fireplace for you.· It fits into standard fireplace alcoves and runs on solid fuel.· If you use solid fuel many approved coal merchants provide budget schemes and supply small quantities.
· Sometime this year the North will start unloading and replacing spent fuel from a large reactor at Yongbyon.· Its flies, the spent fuel, arrive regularly inside special containers on goods trains from nuclear reactors all over the country.· At that stage the inspector did not mention spent nuclear fuel.· Events prove that, in the context of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, his prediction is being realised.· Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods increases the volume of waste and should be undertaken only when necessary for safety reasons.· If you have to pay to reprocess the plutonium from spent fuel, though, it does not.· If the spent fuel can not be reprocessed, alternative dry storage is needed.· Berkeley has now become the first nuclear power station in Britain to have all its spent fuel removed.
· Can you confirm that Land Rover V8 will accept unleaded fuel? 4.· As you'd expect, being a Saab, it runs on unleaded fuel and has a 3 way catalytic converter.· She was pleased to see that the 460 uses unleaded fuel, helping her bid to escape the city smoke.· While its petrol-engined equivalent must have unleaded fuel, the diesel catalyser will only become effective when sulphur levels drop.· By 2000 the great majority of cars will run on unleaded fuel.· How will unleaded fuel affect the performance of my car?· All petrol engines run on 91 octane unleaded fuel and are equipped with modern fuel injection and three-way exhaust catalysts.· New vehicles will be required to comply with set standards from 1995, while unleaded fuel will become available in 2000.
NOUN· Grants are not available to pay for fuel bills.· There are ways of paying your fuel bills which make budgeting a lot easier.· Like the Picasso, it has five seats, so why put up with the added weight and bigger fuel bills?· You won't notice the difference, but will save 10% on fuel bill.· The system can pinpoint individuals if fuel bills and maintenance charges fall outside the average for their type of car.· They had to take out a loan to pay their last fuel bill.· Two-thirds of the total cited heating and fuel bills in particular as being more expensive than they had anticipated.· In its condensing mode, the unit achieves up to 95% efficiency, contributing to reduced fuel bills.
· Changes in aerodynamics, lighter alloys in engines and leaner fuel consumption will be the main features.· However, I would like to minimise the fuel consumption damage.· Just as fuel consumption grows disproportionately as speeds rise, so does the emission of air pollutants.· The caretaker is also increasingly monitoring fuel consumption.· Given that pollution levels relate to fuel consumption, private cars and taxis are also the greatest polluters.· Most animals increase their fuel consumption in proportion to the extra baggage they are carrying, but not the camel.
· Certain costs, particularly fuel costs, fall heavily on old people.· The extra expense would amount to $ 112, 320 a year in added fuel costs.· Our addiction to petroleum can only be managed by incorporating environmental impacts in fuel costs.· He cited higher jet fuel costs.· In exceptional circumstances it may be possible to get a Crisis Loan for fuel costs.· Gore could not afford to run the risk of seeing his hard-won political gains evaporate in a populist revolt over fuel costs.· You do not have to be getting income support to apply and in exceptional circumstances they may be given for fuel costs.· They warned, however, that relief operations were being seriously reduced by soaring fuel costs.
· Much of the beauty of a good machine is in its mechanical design, as well as in its fuel efficiency.· But it is firmly against heavy-handed regulation, such as a sharp increase in mandatory fuel efficiency for cars.· The only certain way of cutting CO2 emissions is to encourage fuel efficiency.· Improvements in vehicle drag coefficients lead to greater fuel efficiency and stability at high speeds, and simulation is driving innovation forward.· Greater fuel efficiency is essential and there are now prototype cars that can travel between 52 and 100 miles per gallon.· With engine modifications, more fuel efficiency, a new flight deck.· For vehicles run by Trust staff the emphasis will be on maximising fuel efficiency and minimising damaging emissions.
· The main global-warming gas, after all, is carbon dioxide, given off mainly by burning fossil fuels.· We are hastening this process with the burning of fossil fuels.· This staining on marble is the result of dry deposition from sulphur dioxide gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels.· Growth requires abundant cheap resources, especially fossil fuel, but also food and water.· Now, remaining supplies of fossil fuels should be saved, not squandered.· However, it has not yet been established that global warming is due to excessive combustion of fossil fuels.· Do we carry on burning fossil fuels at rapid rates?· Hasn't he any conception of the devastation caused to this planet by burning fossil fuels?
· The driver glanced at his fuel gauge.· She doesn ` t see the fuel gauge needle waving desperately at her, like a drowning arm.· As we headed up Hartshead Moor, I checked my fuel gauge and started sweating again.· A Land Rover mechanic replaced the stabiliser unit behind the dash - the fuel gauge worked again but not the temperature gauge.· The ever-moving needle on the tank-mounted fuel gauge will remind you.· The fuel gauge read a little over half full.· He was installing a fuel gauge on top of the tank when it blew up.
· He would outlaw tuning kit like Dynojet's Power Commander, which alters fuel injection and engine management systems.· Voxan's V-twin uses a Magneti Marelli sequential fuel injection system, similar to that used on the 996.· This allows the fuel injection system to be re-mapped to suit the capacity.· Mechanically the entry level Polos remain the same, bar the adoption of fuel injection.· The bike, launched in 1996, was intended to revolutionise two-strokes thanks to Bimota's direct fuel injection technology.· Again, a full engine management system monitors performance and controls the fuel injection and ignition systems.· A replacement policy for fuel injection pumps.· All of the Corsa autos, in fact, use the 1.4i single point fuel injection engine.
· The defendants negligently discharged fuel oil into Sydney Harbour.· A similar blend of fuel oil allegedly was used in the Oklahoma City bombing.· Interruptible gas supplies undercut the cost of fuel oil considerably.· He seemed to be taking a shower in fuel oil.· Gas is also competing directly with coal for the heavy fuel oil market.· The treated organic phase is generally suitable for re-use as a fuel oil.· Such products include fuel oil, paint, building materials and fitments, and electronic Components.· Prices of fuel oil, diesel and kerosene were also raised.
· Governments will be able to meet their targets only if they keep fuel prices high.· A bout of selling on the stock exchange, perhaps, or a cold snap that reopens the fuel price issue.· At least that was the case in Britain, where the gap between petrol and diesel fuel prices has always been small.· S., which created expectations of higher heating fuel prices.· But any rise in fuel prices carries a second issue in its slipstream.· The problem is a temporary one, the analyst added, even though fuel prices have risen this month.· They have shown a total lack of interest in joint action in the face of rising fuel prices.· World commodity prices were set to rise about 7 percent in 1993, with fuel prices alone climbing 9 percent.
· A fuel shortage got the holiday season off to a rocky start, and promises to cause further problems this month.· The decision came in response to an acute fuel shortage which worsened during December.· He had expected to get a $ 100m loan to ease the fuel shortage.· They said there was a fuel shortage.· It rarely suffers the power cuts, fuel shortages and subsiding roads that plague Lagos and other big cities.
· They came up with a plot to blockade fuel supplies at depots starting at the weekend.· Even during down times, players must constantly monitor their fuel supply or hunt for more.· However, cuts in capital investment and fuel supply problems have reduced capacity growth to something around 3% per year.· Officials now warn that fuel supplies could be seriously disrupted this winter.· His car barely made it across the finish line, spluttering and choking, before the fuel supply dried up.· Cowpat stoves were everywhere, using the droppings of the cattle that roamed the streets as a mainstream fuel supply.· The foreign exchange crisis has robbed the country of regular fuel supplies.· The rock-solid fuel supply with rock-solid benefits.
· Do you know of an auxiliary fuel tank kit for the Ninety?· We had taken a hit on the fuel tank.· Boots often leak, so take a look in the spare wheel well and at the metalwork beneath the fuel tank.· Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank.· A 34 gallon fuel tank was placed below the cabin floor.· Both versions have the same size fuel tank, which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side.· In front of the second dicky are the aforementioned fuel tank selector, cowl flap, cabin heat and air controls and parking brake.· We then start to accumulate liquid hydrogen in an empty fuel tank.
· There are two reasons why the Government is now on the defensive after last week's protests against high fuel tax.· The Commission calls for higher fuel taxes and vehicle excise duty to be used to reduce traffic growth.· The Treasury makes £36 billion every year out of road users, most of it through fuel taxes.· In a bizarre twist, the continuing rise in fuel taxes could force the petrol companies themselves to hike prices further.· Remember that when the deadline expires and fuel tax stays just the same.· It would also be in line with the gradual drift towards fuel tax harmonisation across the Community.· She's gathered 18,000 signatures in Swindon on a petition protesting about the fuel tax.· Next year, the airlines will also will be hit by a proposed increase in fuel tax.
· Harmful quantities of radiation are also released both before and after the uranium fuel enters the power station.· Early in 1995, six more pounds of uranium fuel turned up 1, 500 miles away in Czechoslovakia.· Alongside the other strategic arguments in its favour, the economics of the uranium fuel cycle had been taken for granted.· Bailey emphasized that officials do not want to rupture any of the 236 uranium fuel rods in the lone remaining assembly.· A large nuclear reactor will contain hundreds, if not thousands of rods filled with uranium fuel.· In a power the uranium fuel is normally stacked in disks and contained in fuel rods.
VERB· It was recommended to burn off fuel in the fuselage tank to 30 gallons before combat if possible.· We are hastening this process with the burning of fossil fuels.· Then there's even more pollution caused by burning the fuels needed to generate the energy to make new products.· Texas-Lehigh Cement Company in Buda was recently granted a permit to burn tires for fuel.· Do we carry on burning fossil fuels at rapid rates?· The one factor that was actually improving as we labored along was that we were burning a bunch of fuel.
· However, environmentalists argue that the costs of producing the fuel must also be taken into account.· Mounted round this fairing were the eight radiators used to vent the excess heat produced by the fuel cells into space.· Development costs could be reduced by expanding these existing nuclear sites which are currently used primarily to produce fuel for military purposes.· In some cases, it is possible to combine several objectives such as the treatment of sewage to produce fuel or food energy.· Long-term storage is favoured by environmentalists as less nuclear waste is produced, although spent fuel can not be stored indefinitely.
· They all can provide fuel in the diet and are therefore sources of energy.· Polar ice also would provide hydrogen for rocket fuel and for industrial processes.· In the past, waste was not useless, but provided fuel, building materials and industrial materials, as well as rough grazing.· And they are bound to provide fuel for the opponents of Jospin's proposals.· Then, as now, coal provided the fuel for much the greater part of the country's electricity.· When the war ended, the most pressing need was to provide food and fuel.· People who skip breakfast work less efficiently than people who have taken the trouble to provide themselves with fuel for the morning.
· Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide.· You won't notice the difference, but will save 10% on fuel bill.· In 1942 you were asked not to exceed 5 inches of water in your bath to save fuel.· We also saved a lot of fuel.· Those often cut their engines and drift out of control off Muckle Flugga, possibly to save fuel.· Also, in his view, it saves on fuel and oil costs.· An effective windshield can save time and fuel.· Cheaper that way, they sell stamps and save fuel.
· Mr Livingstone has offered exemptions for business deliveries and if vehicles use green fuels.· C., will deploy a fuel cell-driven shuttle bus using methanol as a fuel.· In addition to better economy, diesel cars use cheaper fuel and are no less environmentally-friendly than petrol-engined models fitted with catalytic converters.· Without using any fuel, she had increased her speed by several thousand miles an hour.· They were particularly important for the Magnox reactors, which used larger quantities of fuel and had bulkier structures to dismantle.· Brophy said investigators are looking into whether the man was using the fuel to keep warm.· Problems caused by using fuel with a too low octane rating.· Most of the recycled tires have been used for fuel, she said.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the fuel poor
[countable, uncountable] a substance such as coal, gas, or oil that can be burned to produce heat or energy: - It only added fuel to the fire.
- Once the process is under way, empire-building adds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy.
- If she burned smokeless fuel, the soot problem would disappear.
- Real fires Always use smokeless fuel.
Coal is one of the cheapest fuels. → add fuel to the fire/flames at add(9)COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + fuela fossil fuel (=a fuel such as coal or oil, produced by the gradual decaying of plants and animals)· Global warming may be caused by burning fossil fuels.nuclear fuel· What do we do with the spent nuclear fuel?solid fuel (=a solid substance, such as coal, that is used as a fuel)· The number of homes using solid fuel for heating has decreased.domestic/household fuel (=used in a house)· There has been a sharp rise in domestic fuel costs.smokeless fuel (=that burns without producing smoke)· The government is trying to encourage the use of environmentally-friendly smokeless fuels.unleaded fuel (=that does not contain lead)· Modern cars run on unleaded fuel.a green fuel (=a fuel that harms the environment as little as possible)· Are green fuels, like Biodiesel, really the solution to our fuel crisis?a clean fuel (=fuel that does not harm the environment)· The proposal is to cut tax on cars that run on clean fuel.aviation fuel (=used used by planes)· high-octane aviation fuelverbsuse fuel· People need to learn how to use fuel more efficiently.run on fuel (=use fuel as the source of power)· Will this engine run on unleaded fuel?run out of fuel (=use all the fuel available and have none left)· The ship ran out of fuel and drifted helplessly.fill up with fuel (=put fuel in a vehicle's fuel tank)· Before leaving, I filled up with fuel at the local petrol station.save fuel· You can save fuel by not driving too fast.waste fuel· The booklet gives helpful tips on how to avoid wasting fuel.fuel + NOUNfuel costs/prices· The increase in fuel costs is severely affecting pensioners.a fuel bill· Insulating your house will cut your fuel bill.a fuel tank (=a container for storing fuel)· The fuel tank holds 14 gallons of petrol.a fuel gauge (=an instrument for measuring fuel)· I noticed the fuel gauge was on empty so I pulled into the nearest gas station.a fuel pump (=a machine that forces fuel into an engine)· The car's fuel pump was leaking.fuel consumption (=amount used)· Fuel consumption averages 54 miles per gallon.fuel economy/efficiency (=how well a vehicle uses fuel, without wasting any)· Greater engine efficiency has led to improved fuel economy.phrasessomething is running low on fuel (=it does not have much fuel left)· The plane was running low on fuel.fuel1 nounfuel2 verb
fuelfuel2 ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle fuelled, present participle fuelling British English, fueled, fueling American English) VERB TABLE
fuel
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | fuel |
| he, she, it | fuels | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fuelled (BrE), fueled (AmE) |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fuelled (BrE), fueled (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has fuelled (BrE), fueled (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fuelled (BrE), fueled (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fuel |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fuelled (BrE), fueled (AmE) |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | is fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) | |
| you, we, they | are fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) |
| you, we, they | were fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has been fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fuelling (BrE), fueling (AmE) |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Easy credit terms helped fuel the economic expansion.
- The President's absence from the May Day parade has fuelled speculation that he is seriously ill.
- There are growing fears for the safety of the kidnap victims -- fears that have been fuelled by rumours of new terrorist threats.
- Workers began fueling the spaceship for liftoff.
- After dropping off tanks of liquid oxygen to fuel the next ship, you re-enter the atmosphere.
- Proving Koch's postulates would of course be unethical and controversy is fuelled by this lack of scientific certainty.
- Rising expectations about the standards of health can therefore be seen as fuelling further demand for health care.
- Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.
- They have, throughout their exiles, sent us money and resources to help us fuel our movement.
- Though Centralism comes in many guises and applications, the basic notions that fuel it are remarkably consistent-as are the results.
- Unfortunately, the very psychiatric definition of identity that helped fuel this affirming development also helped fuel a rising prejudice against gays.
Longman Language Activatorto make feelings become stronger
· Vague explanations of her illness only increased her fear and anxiety.· Some analysts say the new law could increase expectations of an economic recovery.· The cut in interest rates will help to increase confidence in the housing market.
to make something such as someone's determination or belief increase so that it is even stronger than it was before: · The quarrel only served to strengthen my resolve to start out on my own.· A poor harvest in 1842, and the imminence of winter, strengthened their determination.· Woolley felt certain that he had made an important discovery and his conviction was strengthened as more evidence came to light.
if something heightens knowledge, fears, the effect of something etc, it makes it increase so that it is felt more strongly: · Publicity has heightened awareness of the threats to the environment.· The divorce heightened speculation about a possible second marriage.· Fears of an invasion were heightened by long-range bomb attacks.
to increase a feeling or problem, so that it becomes worse: · I didn't want to add to the confusion, so I stayed quiet.· Adding to the burden are the continuing costs of German reunification.· Natural catastrophes like droughts have also added to the problems of the continent.add insult to injury informal (=to make a bad situation that you have caused much worse than it was before): · She runs off with another man, and to add insult to injury demands huge sums in alimony.
if something raises people's hopes, consciousness etc, it makes them more hopeful, conscious etc: · It's the first school in Scotland to become self-governing, and has raised deep concerns in the local community.· The human rights campaign has raised public awareness of the torture going on in the country.
to make feelings of doubt, worry, hope etc grow stronger: · The President's absence from the May Day parade has fuelled speculation that he is seriously ill.· There are growing fears for the safety of the kidnap victims -- fears that have been fuelled by rumours of new terrorist threats.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Progress was slow, fueling concerns that the stadium would not be finished on time.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). News of bread rationing created panic buying. the plane’s fuel tankCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Progress was slow, fueling concerns that the stadium would not be finished on time. (=make people even more angry)· The row could fuel growing anger among the Labour party.
(=add to it)· The energy crisis is fuelling a boom in alternative energy.
· There are three possible methods of reducing oil consumption.
(=add to it)· England's manager fuelled controversy with his criticism of the referee.
· There is an energy crisis here, with power cuts happening daily.
· I gave the kids some money for a pizza delivery.
(=using fuel in an efficient way)· Better fuel efficiency can be achieved by driving more slowly.
(=not wasting any fuel or energy)· an energy efficient heating system
With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). (also petrol gauge British English), gas gauge American English:· The fuel gauge read a little over half full.
(=make inflation worse)· The increase in food prices is fuelling inflation.· There are now fears that price rises will push up inflation.
News of bread rationing created panic buying. (=make it increase)· The announcement has fueled speculation that the company will be the target of a takeover bid.
the plane’s fuel tank· His criticism will fuel controversy about the book on the island, where a film starring Nicolas Cage is being shot.· The Hubble already has helped fuel a raging controversy over the true age of the universe.
· Expansion in output was fuelled by growing external demand and generally expansive domestic economic policies.· Failure to correct them only fuels the right-wing demands that obliterate the very protections that liberals cherish.· Rising expectations about the standards of health can therefore be seen as fuelling further demand for health care.· The boom has been fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products with even small grocery stores receiving up to 12 deliveries every day.· Edith's murder is one of several cases that have fuelled demands for drastic measures to stop child abuse.
· Chapter Nine While the ladies were fuelling their fire, in more ways than one, John Coffin was taking a walk.· They often drag down members of their family into their coal cellar of degradation as they fuel the fires of self destruction.
· But oxygen tanks fuelled the flames.· The fatty ingredients fuelled the flames and damage was put a more than £1m.
· His absence has fuelled rumours that the house of Lacroix is about to be closed by owner and financial backer Bernard Arnault.
· Yet it is worth remembering that they were fuelled by intense speculation about her marriage.· The logical impenetrability of the administration's calculations at Camp David inevitably fuels speculation about the motivation for convening it.· This fantasy was not fuelled by disinterested speculation but by envy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the fuel poor
1[transitive] to make something, especially something bad, increase or become stronger SYN provoke: - It only added fuel to the fire.
- Once the process is under way, empire-building adds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy.
- If she burned smokeless fuel, the soot problem would disappear.
- Real fires Always use smokeless fuel.
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, transitive] if you fuel a vehicle, or if it fuels up, fuel is put into it SYN fill up: We’d better fuel up at the next town. The van was fuelled and waiting in the basement car park.