| Main Entry: | fuel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something providing energy |
Synonyms: |
ammunition, combustible, electricity, encouragement, food, gas, incitement, juice, material, means, nourishment, propellant, provocation |
| Main Entry: | fuel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give energy to |
Synonyms: |
charge, fan, feed, fill 'er up, fill up, fire, gas, gas up, incite, inflame, nourish, service, stoke up, supply, sustain, tank up |
Antonyms: |
de-energize, deplete, discourage, unfuel |
| Concept: | Fuel. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; heat |
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-nouns
fuel, firing, combustible., [solid fuels] coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder (products of combustion); ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou, bavin; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge [U. S.]., brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco; linstock., candle (luminary); oil (grease).
-adjectives
carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable.
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| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
Synonyms: |
banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
starve |
| Main Entry: | incense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strongly fragrant smoke |
Synonyms: |
aroma, balm, bouquet, burnt offering, essence, flame, frankincense, fuel, myrrh, odor, perfume, punk, redolence, scent, spice |
| Main Entry: | petroleum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oil |
Synonyms: |
crude oil, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, natural gas, petrol |
| Main Entry: | coal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitumen |
Synonyms: |
anthracite, ash, carbon, char, charcoal, cinder, culm, ember, fuel, scoria, slack, smut, spark, stoke |
| Main Entry: | pabulum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nourishment |
Synonyms: |
diet, food, fuel, nutrient, nutriment, support, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | pyre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large fire |
Synonyms: |
bonfire, fuel, heap, suttee |
| Main Entry: | tinder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wood for fire |
Synonyms: |
fuel, kindling, punk, wood |