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1 full steam ahead
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2 steam
sti:m 1. noun1) (a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid: Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; ( also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.) vanndamp2) (power or energy obtained from this: The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; ( also adjective) steam power, steam engines.) damp(kraft)2. verb1) (to give out steam: A kettle was steaming on the stove.) dampe2) ((of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam: The ship steamed across the bay.) stime (av gårde), dampe3) (to cook by steam: The pudding should be steamed for four hours.) dampkoke•- steam-- steamer
- steamy
- steamboat
- steamship
- steam engine
- steam roller
- full steam ahead
- get steamed up
- get up steam
- let off steam
- run out of steam
- steam up
- under one's own steamdampIsubst. \/stiːm\/1) damp2) ( overført) fart, kraft, energi• full steam ahead!3) dugg4) dunst, utdunsting, os5) dampskip, damplokomotiv, dampdriftat full steam eller with all the steam on for full maskin, i full fartget up steam ( også overført) få opp dampenlet\/blow off steam slippe ut damp ( hverdagslig) avreagere, lette på trykket, få utløp for sine følelserraise steam øke damptrykketrun out of steam miste orken\/fartenunder one's own steam for egen maskin på egen håndwork off steam få utløp for sin energi\/sine følelser\/sitt sinne, avreagereIIverb \/stiːm\/1) dampe, sende ut damp, behandle med damp2) dugge3) ( overført) koke, ose4) ( matlaging) dampkokebe steamed up eller get steamed up være opphisset, være sintsteam along\/ahead\/away dampe i vei, holde god fart, gå raskt fremoversteam up bli dugget, gjøre dugget( overført) sette fart på
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full steam ahead — see under ↑steam • • • Main Entry: ↑full full steam ahead 1. Forward at the greatest speed possible 2. With maximum effort • • • Main Entry: ↑steam … Useful english dictionary
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full steam ahead — mod. with determination. □ We started moving full steam ahead on the project. □ Full steam ahead! Let’s see how fast this will go! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
full steam ahead — as much power as we have, full throttle I told the Captain about the ice, but he said, Full steam ahead! … English idioms
full steam ahead — making a lot of progress The film is set to go full steam ahead … English dictionary
full steam ahead — ► full steam (or speed) ahead proceeding with as much speed or energy as possible. Main Entry: ↑full … English terms dictionary
full steam ahead — Proceed without delay at maximum speed … A concise dictionary of English slang
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full speed ahead — ► full steam (or speed) ahead proceeding with as much speed or energy as possible. Main Entry: ↑full … English terms dictionary
full steam (or speed) ahead — proceeding with as much speed or energy as possible. → full … English new terms dictionary
steam ahead — go forward at full throttle, go forward at full speed … English contemporary dictionary