refueling

CEFRB2

/riˈfjuəlɪŋ/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of adding fuel to a vehicle or machine.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of providing or taking on more fuel

Examples

  • Between 1935 and 1947, Midway was used as a refueling stop for transpacific flights.

  • My jet needed refueling.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of refuel

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The airplane had to land for emergency blank because its fuel tank was nearly empty.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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