refuel

[ ree-fyoo-uh l ]

/ riˈfyu əl /

verb (used with object), re·fu·eled, re·fu·el·ing or (especially British) re·fu·elled, re·fu·el·ling.

to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.

verb (used without object), re·fu·eled, re·fu·el·ing or (especially British) re·fu·elled, re·fu·el·ling.

to take on a fresh supply of fuel: The plane refueled at Paris and flew on.

Nearby words

Origin of refuel

First recorded in 1805–15; re- + fuel

Related formsre·fu·el·a·ble, adjectivenon·re·fu·el·ing, adjectivenon·re·fu·el·ling, adjectiveun·re·fueled, adjective

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Obama left Washington just after dawn on Tuesday on Air Force One, which often stops to refuel on an U.S. base in Germany.
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Usually when they shut one of these plants down to refuel they have to open it up.
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They stopped at one port for a few hours to refuel, but there was little to see.
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Rand bent over his makeshift map again, marking in the names of the cities where he intended to refuel while in flight.
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Perhaps, when you land there to refuel, someone will recognize you.
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Half an hour later the big servo came in, picked up his refuel receipt, said good-bye politely and left through the inner airlock.
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British Dictionary definitions for refuel

refuel

/ (riːˈfjuːəl) /

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

to supply or be supplied with fresh fuel

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Word Origin and History for refuel

refuel

also re-fuel, 1811, from re- "again" + fuel (v.). Originally in a spiritual sense. Related: Refueled; refuelling.