Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Intentional operation of a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overfiring
noun
The state of not burning fuel at the desired level, and thus not providing heat efficiently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overfiring
noun
Heating from below.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overfiring
noun
The state of being insufficiently fired or underfired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: ceramics, chemistry, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overfiring
verb
present participle and gerund of underfire
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From under- (prefix meaning ‘beneath; insufficient’) + firing, or underfire + -ing (suffix forming nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
