Meaning & use
fueling or fuelling
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Meanings
verbtransitive or intransitive
Supply a vehicle or machine with fuel; also, make something stronger or more intense.
Grammar: Can take an object (fuel a car) or be used without one (the plane is fueling).
Patterns
- fuel something
- fuel up
- fueling for something
The truck is fueling up before the long drive.
Higher prices are fueling inflation across the region.
We stopped at the station for fueling and coffee.
noununcountable
The act or process of supplying fuel to a vehicle or machine.
Grammar: Used as a noun, it usually appears in phrases like 'fueling station' or 'refueling stop'.
Patterns
- fueling station
- fueling stop
The fueling of the rocket takes several hours.
They made a quick fueling stop on the highway.
Common combinations
- fueling station
- We found a fueling station just off the exit.
- fueling up
- The team is fueling up before the race.
- fueling inflation
- Cheap credit is fueling inflation.
Practice
Which sentence uses the correct American spelling?
Choose one answer.
American English drops the extra 'l' in 'fueling', while British English keeps it as 'fuelling'. The other options are misspellings.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “fueling or fuelling”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.