noun
Meaning 1
An act or instance of refilling with fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
refuel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɹiːfjuːəl/
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/ˈɹiːfjuːl/
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/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/
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rhymes with -uːəl
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 F Y UW1 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To refill with fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fuel
verb
Meaning 4
provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fuel
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fuel English refuel From re- + fuel.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зареждам с гориво (zareždam s gorivo) — to refill with fuel
- Catalan: fer benzina — to refill with fuel
- Chinese Mandarin: 補充燃料 /补充燃料 (bǔchōng ránliào) — to refill with fuel
- Chinese Mandarin: 加油 (jiāyóu) — to refill with fuel
- Dutch: bijtanken — to refill with fuel
- Finnish: tankata — to refill with fuel
- French: faire le plein — to refill with fuel
- French: ravitailler — to refill with fuel
- German: tanken — to refill with fuel
- German: auftanken — to refill with fuel
- Hungarian: feltankol — to refill with fuel
- Hungarian: megtankol — to refill with fuel
- Hungarian: tankol — to refill with fuel
- Hungarian: üzemanyagot vesz fel — to refill with fuel
- Japanese: 給油する — to refill with fuel
- Polish: tankować — to refill with fuel
- Polish: zatankować — to refill with fuel
- Russian: дозаправля́ть (dozapravljátʹ) — to refill with fuel
- Russian: дозапра́вить (dozaprávitʹ) — to refill with fuel
- Russian: дозаправля́ться (dozapravljátʹsja) — to refill with fuel
- Spanish: repostar — to refill with fuel
- Spanish: llenar el tanque — to refill with fuel
- Swedish: tanka — to refill with fuel