Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fueling
1 sense of fueling
Sense 1
fueling, refueling -- (the activity of supplying or taking on fuel)
=> provision, supply, supplying -- (the activity of supplying or providing something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fuel
4 senses of fuel
Sense 1
fuel -- (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars")
=> supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")
Sense 2
fuel, fire -- (provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace")
=> supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")
Sense 3
fuel -- (take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain")
=> take in, take up -- (accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid")
Sense 4
fuel -- (stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism")
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")