Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fuel
Fuel
fuel
n. & v. --n. 1 material, esp. coal, wood, oil, etc., burnt or used as a source of heat or power. 2 food as a source of energy. 3 material used as a source of nuclear energy. 4 anything that sustains or inflames emotion or passion. --v. (fuelled, fuelling; US fueled, fueling) 1 tr. supply with fuel. 2 tr. sustain or inflame (an argument, feeling, etc.) (drink fuelled his anger). 3 intr. take in or get fuel. Phrases and idioms fuel cell a cell producing an electric current direct from a chemical reaction. fuel element an element of nuclear fuel etc. for use in a reactor. fuel injection the direct introduction of fuel under pressure into the combustion units of an internal-combustion engine. fuel oil oil used as fuel in an engine or furnace. Etymology: ME f. AF fuaille, fewaile, OF fouaille, ult. f. L focus hearth
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fewel, from Anglo-French fuail, feuaile, from Vulgar Latin *focalia, from Latin focus hearth Date: 13th century 1. a material used to produce heat or power by burning, nutritive material, a material from which atomic energy can be liberated especially in a reactor, a source of sustenance or incentive ; reinforcement, II. verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or -elling) Date: 1592 transitive verb to provide with ~, support, stimulate , intransitive verb to take in ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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