we've ran out of fuel

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• Fuel starvation — and fuel exhaustion (sometimes referred to as fuel depletion) are problems that can affect internal combustion engines fuelled by either diesel, kerosene, petroleum or any other combustible liquid or gas. If no fuel is available for an engine to… …   Wikipedia

• fuel — I UK [ˈfjuːəl] / US [ˈfjuəl] noun Word forms fuel : singular fuel plural fuels *** 1) [countable/uncountable] a substance such as oil, gas, coal, or wood that produces heat or power when it is burned. Coal and wood are sometimes called solid fuel …   English dictionary

• fuel — fu|el1 [ fjuəl ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a substance such as oil, gas, coal, or wood that produces heat or power when it is burned. Coal and wood are sometimes called solid fuel: Drivers are being encouraged to save fuel. a shortage of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fuel — [[t]fju͟ːəl[/t]] ♦♦ fuels, fuelling, fuelled (in AM, use fueling, fueled) 1) N MASS Fuel is a substance such as coal, oil, or petrol that is burned to provide heat or power. They ran out of fuel... Delays were caused by the discovery of dangerous …   English dictionary

• fuel — 1. noun 1) the car ran out of fuel Syn: gas, gasoline, diesel, petroleum, propane; power source; Brit. petrol 2) she added more fuel to the fire Syn: firewood, wood, kindling, logs; coal …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fuel*/*/ — [ˈfjuːəl] noun I 1) [C/U] a substance such as oil, gas, coal, or wood that produces heat or power when it is burned a shortage of food and fuel[/ex] 2) [U] petrol or DIESEL used in vehicles The stolen car was abandoned when it ran out of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• run out of something — ˌrun ˈout (of sth) derived to use up or finish a supply of sth • We ran out of fuel. • Could I have a cigarette? I seem to have run out. Main entry: ↑runderived …   Useful english dictionary

• Fuel injection — Fuel rail connected to the injectors that are mounted just above the intake manifold on a four cylinder engine. Fuel injection …   Wikipedia

• run out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you run out of something, you have no more of it left. to run out of steam → see steam [V P of n] They have run out of ideas... [V P of n] We re running out of time... [V …   English dictionary

• run out of gas — to lose the energy or interest to continue. I think our team ran out of gas toward the end of the game s first quarter. Etymology: based on the idea that when a vehicle has no more fuel it will stop moving …   New idioms dictionary

• Fossil-fuel phase-out — A fossil fuel phase out are plans for transport electrification, decommissioning of operating fossil fuel fired power plants and prevention of the construction of new fossil fuel fired power stations. The purpose of this is to decrease the high… …   Wikipedia