FULL SPEED / STEAM AHEAD

Meaning of FULL SPEED / STEAM AHEAD in English

I .

with as much speed or energy as possible

II .

with as much speed or energy as possible

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

STEAM — Invisible gas consisting of vaporized water . When mixed with minute droplets of water, it has a white, cloudy appearance. …
Английский словарь Британика
STEAM — I. ˈstēm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stem, steme, from Old English stēam, stēm, stīem; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPEED — I. ˈspēd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spede, from Old English spēd; akin to Old High German spuot …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ful, full, from Old English full; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AHEAD — I. əˈhed adverb Etymology: a- (I) + head 1. : in or toward a position in advance set the clock …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STEAM — — steamless , adj. /steem/ , n. 1. water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor. 2. water …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEED — — speedful , adj. — speedfully , adv. — speedfulness , n. — speedingly , adv. — speedingness , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FULL — full 1 — fullness , n. /fool/ , adj., fuller, fullest , adv., v., n. adj. 1. completely filled; containing …
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AHEAD — /euh hed"/ , adv. 1. in or to the front; in advance of; before: Walk ahead of us. 2. in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STEAM — I. ˈstēm noun Etymology: Middle English stem, from Old English stēam; akin to Dutch stoom steam Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l also ˈfəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fol full, Latin plenus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AHEAD — adverb or adjective Date: 1596 1. a. : in a forward direction or position : forward b. : in front …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STEAM — noun any exhalation. 2. steam ·vi to emit steam or vapor. 3. steam ·vt to exhale. 4. steam ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
FULL — (·comp) sated; surfeited. 2. full (·comp) filled with emotions. 3. full (·comp) impregnated; made pregnant. 4. full ·noun complete measure; …
Webster English vocab
AHEAD — adv headlong; without restraint. 2. ahead ·adv in or to the front; in advance; onward.
Webster English vocab
STEAM — [steam] n [ME stem, fr. OE steam; akin to D stoom steam] (bef. 12c) 1: a vapor arising from a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FULL — [full] adj [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fol full, L plenus full, plere to fill, Gk pleres full, plethein …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STEAM — odourless, invisible gas consisting of vaporized water. It is usually interspersed with minute droplets of water, which gives it a …
Britannica English vocabulary
STEAM — / stiːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. the hot gas that water changes into …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEED — / spiːd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun RATE OF MOVEMENT / ACTION 1. [ C , U ] …
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FULL — / fʊl; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( full·er , fullest ) WITH NO EMPTY SPACE 1. full …
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AHEAD — / əˈhed; NAmE / adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of ahead in phrasal verbs, look at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAM — I. steam 1 W3 /stiːm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ steam , ↑ steamer ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPEED — I. speed 1 S2 W1 /spiːd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ speed , ↑ speeding ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AHEAD — a ‧ head S1 W2 /əˈhed/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . IN FRONT a short distance in front of someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STEAM — n. & v. --n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPEED — n. & v. --n. 1 rapidity of movement (with all speed; at full speed). 2 a rate of progress or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AHEAD — adv. 1 further forward in space or time. 2 in the lead; further advanced (ahead on points). 3 in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STEAM — n. & v. n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPEED — n. & v. n. 1 rapidity of movement (with all speed; at full speed). 2 a rate of progress or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AHEAD — adv. 1 further forward in space or time. 2 in the lead; further advanced (ahead on points). 3 in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STEAM — n. & v. --n. 1. a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Oxford English vocab
SPEED — n. & v. --n. 1. rapidity of movement (with all speed; at full speed). 2 a rate of progress or …
Oxford English vocab
FULL — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket …
Oxford English vocab
AHEAD — adv.1 further forward in space or time. 2 in the lead; further advanced (ahead on points). 3 in the line …
Oxford English vocab
STEAM — ( steams, steaming, steamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Steam is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEED — ( speeds, speeding, sped, speeded) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — ( fuller, fullest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AHEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AHEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STEAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a steam train ▪ Railway enthusiasts have the opportunity to take a nostalgic trip …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AHEAD — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deal goes through/ahead (= it happens as arranged ) ▪ It’s 99% certain that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STEAM — [noun] [U] - the hot gas that is produced when water boilsWe put the bowl of water on the fire …
Cambridge English vocab
SPEED — [noun] [U]He's one of those people who gets a thrill from speed (= very fast movement).Everyone has been struck by …
Cambridge English vocab
AHEAD — (IN THE FUTURE) [adverb] - in or into the future; beforeHe couldn't bear to think of the lonely year ahead.You …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AHEAD — Synonyms and related words : a cut above, above, ahead of time, alee, along, ante, ascendant, before, beforehand, beforetime, betimes, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AHEAD — See: DEAD AHEAD, GET AHEAD.
Slang English vocab
FULL — n. bung full chock full cram full full blooded full blown full bodied full bosomed full dress full fledged full …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STEAM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hot … OF STEAM ▪ cloud , jet ▪ The saucepan puffed little jets of ~. VERB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPEED — INDEX: 1. how fast something moves or is done RELATED WORDS see also ↑ FAST ↑ SLOW ◆◆◆ 1. how …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — INDEX: 1. full 2. to become full 3. to make something full 4. to make something full again after part …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — See ↑ BUSY/NOT BUSY 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1,2, ↑ FAT 4, ↑ FULL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be full …
Longman Activator English vocab
AHEAD — See ↑ FORWARD 1, ↑ FRONT 5, ↑ FUTURE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be ahead • ↑ be streets ahead …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — n. 25B6; adjective her glass was full : FILLED, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AHEAD — adv. 25B6; adverb he peered ahead, but could see nothing : FORWARD(S), towards the front, frontwards. he had ridden on …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FULL — adj. 1 filled, replete, brimming, brim-full, packed, jam-packed, congested, loaded, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full or choke-full or chuck-full, jammed, crammed, solid, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AHEAD — adv. 1 at the or in front, in advance, in the lead or vanguard, up ahead, before, to the fore …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AHEAD — See: DEAD AHEAD, GET AHEAD.
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