fuel

  • (noun): Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  • (noun): Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  • (noun): Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
  • (verb): To provide with fuel.
  • (verb): To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
  • His books were fuel for the revolution.