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full-burn

full-burn noun: a state of full power where thrusters etc. are burning to the maximum.

Noun

full-burn (uncountable)

  1. A state of full power where thrusters etc. are burning to the maximum.
    • "Lieutenant Hikowa, set the Shiva's course for mark one eight zero. Full burn for twelve seconds."2001, Eric Nylund, Halo: The Fall of Reach, New York: Del Rey, →ISBN, page 148

Verb

full-burn (third-person singular simple present full-burns, present participle full-burning, simple past and past participle full-burned or full-burnt)

  1. (ambitransitive) To burn fully or completely.
    • The chalk which is laid in the morning in the kiln to burn, is in it, sometimes two, sometimes three days, before it passes through the kiln, and becomes full-burned.1892, Pehr Kalm, Kalm's account of his visit to England
    • When Kadmi was full-burned we covered him with soil, the heat of his bones making the very earth hiss and steam.2008, Janet Lee Carey, Dragon's Keep

Forms of full-burn

third-person singular presentfull-burns
present participlefull-burning
past participlefull-burned
pastfull-burned
past participlefull-burnt
pastfull-burnt

Questions about full-burn

What does full-burn mean?
Full-burn means a state of full power where thrusters etc. are burning to the maximum.
What part of speech is full-burn?
Full-burn can be a noun or a verb.

Words near full-burn in the dictionary

  1. full-bosomed
  2. full-bound
  3. full-breasted
  4. full-brother
  5. full-brothers
  6. full-burn
  7. full-butt
  8. full-choke
  9. full-chokes
  10. full-course dinner
  11. full-course dinners

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