REFUEL (refuelled, refuelling)

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Irregular inflected forms: refuelled    , refuelling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does refuel mean? 

• REFUEL (verb)
  The verb REFUEL has 2 senses:

1. provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars

2. take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car

  Familiarity information: REFUEL used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFUEL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refuel    ... he / she / it refuels   
Past simple: refueled    / refuelled   
Past participle: refueled    / refuelled   
-ing form: refueling    / refuelling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "refuel" is one way to...):

fuel (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

refueling (the activity of supplying or taking on fuel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "refuel" is one way to...):

fuel (take in fuel, as of a ship)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

refueling (the activity of supplying or taking on fuel)

 Context examples 

The 22-mile (35-km) journey took 22 minutes with one refueling about halfway to Dover, England.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)