Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. See fuel, v., etc.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of fuel.

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Examples

  • Cooper, the way she was dressed kind of fuelled the fire, didn ` t it?

    CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008 2008

  • This is "fuelled" by schools governing bodies "who are failing to see the big picture of transformation" compelling African learners to drop their languages and learn in English and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • I'm sure more would be said if another ethnic race had been targetted by their campaign, and another thing, for all of us living in Britain, how do you feel about the idea that we are 'fuelled' by this stuff made of dehydrated vegetables, textured soya protein and preservatives?

    Pot Noodle Rant! Bob Lock 2006

  • I'm sure more would be said if another ethnic race had been targetted by their campaign, and another thing, for all of us living in Britain, how do you feel about the idea that we are 'fuelled' by this stuff made of dehydrated vegetables, textured soya protein and preservatives?

    Archive 2006-07-01 Bob Lock 2006

  • The electric motor is 'fuelled' by a Nissan developed laminated lithium-ion battery with a power output of more than 90 kW.

    Automotive Headlines dse@theautochannel.com 2010

  • The electric motor is 'fuelled' by a Nissan-developed laminated lithium-ion battery with a power output of more than 90kW.

    Automotive Headlines 2010

  • "Feed a cold and starve a fever" is a notion that dates back at least to the Middle Ages, when it was believed that maladies induced by cooler temperatures needed to be "fuelled" with fodder, and those brought on by heat were treated by starving the body of energy.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • We kind of fuelled the 'will they, won't they' thing.

    The Daily Record - Home 2009

  • That kind of fuelled me for the rest of the (tournament). "

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • But he insists some things won't change, that it will retain the restless energy that has fuelled a growth that has made it – for good or ill – perhaps the most powerful company in modern British sport.

    Barney Francis: 'Football punditry is an absolute art form' 2011

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