[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fuel/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / fuel # fuel noun (fuel, fuels); verb (fuel, fuels, fuelled/fueled, fuelling/fueling) «fuel» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Fuel is something that is burned to make heat or power, like petrol, gas, coal or wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#m1) 2. Food is fuel for your body because it gives you energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#m2) 3. To fuel something means to give it fuel, or to make a feeling or situation stronger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#m3) ### In the lessons In science, fuels store energy; burning them releases heat and light. Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) took millions of years to form and will run out, and burning them adds carbon dioxide to the air; renewable energy like solar and wind does not need fuel. Cars use petrol (UK) or gas/gasoline (US), or diesel. In safety, fuels catch fire easily; keep them away from flames and children. In health, food is fuel: a good breakfast fuels your morning. ### Examples - Cars need fuel to go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x1) - Coal, oil and gas are fossil fuels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x2) - Wood is a fuel for the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x3) - Food is fuel for your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x4) - We stopped to buy fuel at the petrol station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x5) - Keep fuel away from flames. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x6) - His unkind words fuelled the argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x7) - Then go and get fuel and light a fire.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/#x8) ### Note Usually uncountable (fuel), but «fuels» for kinds. British «fuelled, fuelling» (double l), American «fueled, fueling». Oxygen is needed for fuel to burn, but oxygen is not a fuel. «Add fuel to the fire» = make a bad situation worse. ## In Jewish tradition Here it means wood or other things burned; it is used as a picture of people destroyed by God's anger. In the primary lessons: In science, fuels store energy; burning them releases heat and light. Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) took millions of years to form and will run out, and burning them adds carbon dioxide to the air; renewable energy like solar and wind does not need fuel. Cars use petrol (UK) or gas/gasoline (US), or diesel. In safety, fuels catch fire easily; keep them away from flames and children. In health, food is fuel: a good breakfast fuels your morning. ### Examples - And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings. (Prophets ISA.40.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fuel/#x1) - For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire. (Prophets ISA.9.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fuel/#x2) - Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land burnt up; the people also are as the fuel of fire; no man spareth his brother. (Prophets ISA.9.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fuel/#x3) ### Note Usually uncountable (fuel), but «fuels» for kinds. British «fuelled, fuelling» (double l), American «fueled, fueling». Oxygen is needed for fuel to burn, but oxygen is not a fuel. «Add fuel to the fire» = make a bad situation worse. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «fuel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«fuel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fuel.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «fuel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fuel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«fuel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fuel.html) on Mova free.