Fueling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process by which something is fueled.

    "Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands."

  2. 2
    the activity of supplying or taking on fuel wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    (Canadian spelling, common) present participle and gerund of fuel US

Synonyms

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fuellingrefueling

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"Rising costs are fueling anxieties among consumers."

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fueling station

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