Fuel

(noun.) a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; 'more fuel is needed during the winter months'; 'they developed alternative fuels for aircraft'.

(verb.) stimulate; 'fuel the debate on creationism'.

(verb.) take in fuel, as of a ship; 'The tanker fueled in Bahrain'.

(verb.) provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; 'fuel aircraft, ships, and cars'.

(verb.) provide with fuel; 'Oil fires the furnace'.

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• One early station in New York for arc lighting was an old soap-works whose well-soaked floors did not need much additional grease to render them choice fuel for the inevitable flames. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The coal in the retorts is not entirely consumed, but is reduced to the condition of coke, and in this form is sold for fuel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Oil is used for fuel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He estimated the consumption of fuel by a theoretically perfect air engine on Mr. Stirling's principle at 0·37 lbs. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The stove stood near my desk, he attacked it; the little iron door was nearly dashed from its hinges, the fuel was made to fly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There are none of the bad effects so often caused by the air becoming vitiated, due to the burning up of oxygen in the air by gas and other fuels. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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