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REFUELING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refueling mean?
• REFUELING (noun)
The noun REFUELING has 1 sense:
1. the activity of supplying or taking on fuel
Familiarity information: REFUELING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of supplying or taking on fuel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fueling; refueling
Hypernyms ("refueling" is a kind of...):
provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)
Derivation:
refuel (take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car)
refuel (provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars)
Context examples
The 22-mile (35-km) journey took 22 minutes with one refueling about halfway to Dover, England.
(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)
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