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# fuelled

«fuelled» in Mova's school dictionary: **given fuel such as petrol, gas, coal or wood, so that it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb past form of fuel (fuel, fuels, fuelled, fuelling; US: fueled, fueling); adjective (-fuelled, as in «coal-fuelled»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fuelled means given fuel such as petrol, gas, coal or wood, so that it can work or burn: «a plane fuelled for take-off». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#m1)

2) Fuelled means made stronger or bigger, especially feelings, ideas or fights: «Anger was fuelled by rumours». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#m2)

3) As part of a word, «-fuelled» tells what something runs on: «diesel-fuelled», «coffee-fuelled». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography, power stations are coal-fuelled, gas-fuelled or nuclear, and burning fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the air. In the news and stories, rumours fuel fear and arguments. In everyday life, a good breakfast «fuels» you for the day. Phrases: «fuelled by», «fuelled up», «fuelled the fire».

### examples

- The rocket was fuelled and ready to launch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x1)
- The fire was fuelled by dry leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x2)
- Rumours fuelled the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x3)
- The old power station was coal-fuelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x4)
- We fuelled up with pancakes before the hike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x5)
- Her success was fuelled by hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x6)
- The car was fuelled at the petrol station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/#x7)

### note

UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand spell it fuelled, fuelling (double l); US and often Canada spell fueled, fueling. «Add fuel to the fire» means make a bad situation worse.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fuelled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fuelled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.