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re·fu·el
(rē-fyo͞o′əl)v. re·fu·eled, re·fu·el·ing, re·fu·els also re·fu·elled or re·fu·el·ling
v.tr.
To supply again with fuel.
v.intr.
To take on a fresh supply of fuel.
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refuel
(riːˈfjuːəl)vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled
to supply or be supplied with fresh fuel
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re•fu•el
(riˈfyu əl)v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. v.t.
1. to supply again with fuel.
v.i. 2. to take on more fuel.
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refuel
Past participle: refuelled
Gerund: refuelling
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Verb | 1. | refuel - provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars fuel - provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" |
2. | refuel - take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car fuel - take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain" |
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refuel
[ˈriːˈfjʊəl]A. VI [tank, plane] → repostar
B. VT → llenar de combustible; [+ speculation] → renovar, volver a despertar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
refuel
(riːˈfjuəl) – past tense, past participle reˈfuelled , (American also) reˈfueled – verb to supply (an aeroplane etc) with more fuel. The plane has to be refuelled every thousand miles; The plane stopped to refuel.reabastecer
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refuel
→ repostarMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009