Definition of refuel
: 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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Start mowers outdoors, and refuel with the motor turned off.
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The Trump administration is giving two oil refiners tens of millions of dollars’ worth of retroactive biofuels credits, unprecedented help for refining operations that is refueling a fierce conflict between energy companies and corn growers.
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Mary Lou Taylor: Its job was to … refuel the aircraft carriers and the destroyers.
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Low level in Scotland, refuelling down in the Falklands.
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Taco and ice cream vendors will be on hand to refuel spectators.
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Carroll County Coroner Jim Dunn told The Associated Press that the bus had just been refueled.
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Payments for repeatedly refuelling a vehicle at night might mean forced labour is being transported under the cover of darkness.
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Kevin Ollie was so businesslike, an NBA lifer who, past all the Ollie-isms that refueled passion back in 2012, really wanted to be left alone.
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First Known Use of refuel
1811
REFUEL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of refuel for English Language Learners
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: to add fuel to (an airplane, a truck, etc.)
REFUEL Defined for Kids
Definition of refuel for Students
refueled;
refueling
: to provide with or take on more fuel
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