to fuel
- verb
- /fjul/
- Moments such as this seemed to fuel the social workers' interest in dementia care.
- fuel fears
- fuel debate
- fuel anger
As you do, pay attention to what fuels you and what doesn't.
- As you do, pay attention to what fuels you and what doesn't.
- Yeah, because it's just fueling the drama against her.
- Do you think that that that feeling also fueled this whole idea?
- Like doing these things that fuel me internally.
- And of course Trump has just fueled these horrible, horrible people.
- But that all that stuff just would fuel me to, to get better.
- But that's that's fueling the eyeballs on the issue.
- I mean, these are your first principles and and and fuel Henry Ford.
- Yeah, I, I, I mean, I anger can definitely fuel humor, but I don't.
Examples
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Fueled by the media, fear and panic spread quickly, fracturing and dividing the country until, at last, the true goal comes into view.
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That fuelled me more than anything, to prove you all wrong.
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Hatred will not fuel a change in your life.
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Without reason, passion is blind; without passion to fuel a project, reason leads nowhere.
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Persistent labor demand continued to fuel strong wage growth.
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Now those very traits may actually be what are fueling your success.
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Change is the question of how our planet's future will be fueled and at what cost.
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It is these PhD students that fuel our faculty scholarship.
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It was a grassroots movement, fueled by the power of the Internet and the cult of personality.
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Her determination to succeed only fuels her ambition to reach new heights.
Synonyms
To cause strong feelings or excitement
Make people feel excited and ready to act
To become more intense or make a situation more intense
To cause strong feelings in someone
To give more energy to something, for example with electricity or light
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
Make a situation more urgent to force someone to act
To add fuel or stir a fire to make it burn hotter
To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that makes people angrier
To make someone want to work harder and faster
Make something more active and interesting
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
To put extra fuel on a fire or make a disagreement worse
To add fuel to a fire or make energy and excitement stronger
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
To make something much faster or more effective
To become more active or exciting in a situation
To make feelings like anger or excitement stronger
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
To make something start to burn, like a fire or a strong feeling
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that makes people angrier
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A material like uranium or plutonium used to make energy in a nuclear reactor
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A system that sprays small drops of fuel directly into an engine's cylinders to help the engine run better
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A device in a fuel line that removes dirt and rust from fuel before it reaches the engine
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A removable container that attaches to a plane or spacecraft to hold extra fuel
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A weapon that sprays fuel into the air and then sets it on fire to make a very strong blast
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A part of a car engine that sprays small drops of fuel into the cylinders
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A bomb that spreads fuel into the air and then explodes to make a very large blast
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A process where fuel burns in air to make heat and light for energy
How Intense
- NSFW
- Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb fuel comes from the same idea as burning: because fuel makes a fire burn more, to fuel an emotion or argument means to make it grow stronger.