fuelled
part of speech
verb past form of fuel (fuel, fuels, fuelled, fuelling; US: fueled, fueling); adjective (-fuelled, as in «coal-fuelled»)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fuelled means given fuel such as petrol, gas, coal or wood, so that it can work or burn: «a plane fuelled for take-off». tree →
2) Fuelled means made stronger or bigger, especially feelings, ideas or fights: «Anger was fuelled by rumours». tree →
3) As part of a word, «-fuelled» tells what something runs on: «diesel-fuelled», «coffee-fuelled». tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and geography, power stations are coal-fuelled, gas-fuelled or nuclear, and burning fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the air. In the news and stories, rumours fuel fear and arguments. In everyday life, a good breakfast «fuels» you for the day. Phrases: «fuelled by», «fuelled up», «fuelled the fire».
examples
- The rocket was fuelled and ready to launch. tree →
- The fire was fuelled by dry leaves. tree →
- Rumours fuelled the argument. tree →
- The old power station was coal-fuelled. tree →
- We fuelled up with pancakes before the hike. tree →
- Her success was fuelled by hard work. tree →
- The car was fuelled at the petrol station. tree →
note
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand spell it fuelled, fuelling (double l); US and often Canada spell fueled, fueling. «Add fuel to the fire» means make a bad situation worse.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fuelled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.