refuel

UK/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/US/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/

verbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,953 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: refueling, refueled

To refuel is to take on more fuel. Stop to refuel, refuel in flight, refuel the aircraft.

Refuelling in flight is the trick that gives military aircraft unlimited range, done through a boom or a trailing hose at three hundred miles an hour. The figurative use, refuelling with a sandwich, is cheerfully common.

Definitions of refuel

1verbrefuelTo take on more fuel.B2+
“The plane landed in Iceland to refuel before crossing the Atlantic.”

refuel is a filling.

Where it comes from

From re- + fuel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

refuel in the wild

Aerial refueling has also been considered as a means to reduce fuel consumption on long-distance flights greater than 3,000 nautical miles.
Aerial refueling
Usually, the aircraft providing the fuel is specially designed for the task, although refueling pods may be fitted to existing aircraft designs in the case of "probe-and-drogue" systems.
Aerial refueling
In June, she moved to Milne Bay, New Guinea to refuel allied ships, and on 18 October collided with the American vessel SS Solon Turman.
RFA Bishopdale
JDS Haruna, on which Hongou lands on to refuel in Episode 3, is a real ship of the JMSDF.
Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings
In late 2007 its flight deck was extended to allow ASH-3D Sea King helicopters to land and refuel, although they cannot be housed in the ship's hangar.
BAP Almirante Grau (FM-53)

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Related words

refuelling

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