Pronunciations (4)
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/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/
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/ɹiːˈfjuːl/
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/ˈɹiːfjuːəl/
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/ˈɹiːfjuːl/
Verb
To refill with fuel.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- Examples
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[…] bundle the sorted, weighed, zipcoded parcels aboard the already refueled aircraft, which speedily take off […]
More examples (2)
On a vast, dry lakebed called Tianshuihai, we came to a community of sorts, a desperate huddle of concrete and mud structures. My map labeled the region “Soda Plain,” and it seemed a long time since any water had gathered there. It was also, evidently, earthquake country. Buildings, many of them abandoned, had been shaken off their foundations; their walls had cracked and roofs fallen in. The military post and gas depot where Qu stopped to refuel had been shored up by heavy concrete buttresses. Thousands of fifty-gallon drums littered the ground, along with broken machinery, derelict vehicles, chunks of concrete, goat carcasses, cans, bottles, and shit.
Guided by the Earth’s magnetic field, starlight and other biocompasses that scientists have yet to fully divine, the birds wheel over land and sea, alighting opportunistically en route to rest, preen and refuel.
In his statement, Miliband said the two flights had refuelled at Diego Garcia. Each one had a single detainee on board who did not leave the aircraft.
More examples (3)
The United States refuels military jets and provides intelligence support to the military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, that is trying to defeat Houthi insurgents in Yemen.
The president of the FIA, Jean Todt, has said he would like to see a return of in-race refuelling to Formula One as a way to improve the sport.
During the frostiest days of the Cold War, avoiding the Soviet Bloc meant flying north around Greenland to Alaska, refueling in Anchorage, and then around the Bering Straits to reach Japan.
Noun
An act or instance of refilling with fuel.
Verb
provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars
- Broader terms
take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car
- Broader terms