Definition of refuel
transitive verb
: to provide with additional fuel
intransitive verb
: to take on additional fuel
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Examples of refuel in a Sentence
The crew refueled the airplane.
The airplane landed to refuel.
Recent Examples of refuel from the Web
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To fight the heat, firefighters are rotated in and out and given short breaks to refuel.
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At the same time, bases where cruisers and destroyers typically go to rearm and refuel would become obvious targets in wartime and may be shut down by enemy action.
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For those birds, refueling might take up to an extra week at each stopover.
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In the opposite direction, planes bound for New York were forced to stop in Maine and refuel, because the head wind slowed them to a sluggish eight-hour haul.
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But while competition pushes these extreme prices to the fringe, drivers refueling with premium gas are seemingly gouged in every state.
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Eat as your body needs to refuel, not according to time.
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The Coast Guard hoisted the man off the ship and authorities said the distance from the land forced them to land on a nearby oil rig to refuel.
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Aircraft that fly out of Qatar - including fighter jets, drones and refueling planes - can be relocated to a number of other bases in the region including in Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait and Bahrain and off aircraft carriers, the officials said.
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First Known Use of refuel
1811
REFUEL Defined for English Language Learners
refuel
playDefinition of refuel for English Language Learners
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: to add fuel to (an airplane, a truck, etc.)
REFUEL Defined for Kids
refuel
playDefinition of refuel for Students
refueled
;refueling
: to provide with or take on more fuel
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