American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [f'julɪŋ]
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Noun
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the activity of supplying or taking on fuel
Verb
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provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
“fuel aircraft, ships, and cars”
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provide with fuel
“Oil fires the furnace”
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take in fuel, as of a ship
“The tanker fueled in Bahrain”
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stimulate
“fuel the debate on creationism”
Usage examples
- The pair made seventy-eight air-to-air refueling maneuvers.
- The probe-and-drogue refueling method employs a flexible hose that trails from the tanker aircraft.
- There is one active refueling area and rest stop in the town.
- But the destroyers could not make it across the North Atlantic without refueling.
- Two days later the survivors were transferred to the refueling ship "Python".
- Refueling outages as such increase the population of the plant's workforce by the thousands.
- Pressure fueling systems incorporate a dead man's switch to preclude unmonitored operation.