fuel
fuel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
- 2.To feed with fuel. [Obs.] Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. Cowley.
- 3.To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.] Well watered and well fueled. Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accretion
- add
- additional
- adobe
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- aggravating
- aggravation
- ahead
- ammunition
- and
- arms
- ascend
- ascent
- augment
- augmentation
- bad
- baggage
- brick
- brown
- calico
- cambric
- cashmere
- cement
- clapboard
- clay
- compo
- composition
- concrete
- crescendo
- crockery
- daubing
- deepen
- deteriorate
- development
- dilatation
- dilate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is fuel.
- What is anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks called?
- What is to feed with fuel. [Obs.] Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. Cowley called?
- What is to store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.] Well watered and well fueled. Sir H. Wotton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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