different between underfired vs underfire

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??fa??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??fa?(?)?d/
• Rhymes: -a??d
• Hyphenation: un?der?fir?ed

Etymology 1

From under- (prefix meaning ‘underneath; insufficiently’) +? fired, or underfire +? -ed.

Adjective

underfired (not generally comparable, comparative more underfired, superlative most underfired)

1. (comparable, ceramics) Fired at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

   Antonym: overfired
2. (not comparable, cooking) Of a cooker: having a heat source that is underneath the food being cooked.

   Antonym: overfired

Alternative forms

• under-fired

Translations

Etymology 2

From underfire +? -ed.

Verb

underfired

1. simple past tense and past participle of underfire

References

English

Etymology

under- +? fire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?fa??/, [-fa???(?)], /??nd??fa??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??fa?(?)?/, [-?fa???], /??nd??fa?(?)?/
• Rhymes: -a??
• Hyphenation: un?der?fire

Verb

underfire (third-person singular simple present underfires, present participle underfiring, simple past and past participle underfired)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To heat from below.
2. (transitive) To intentionally operate a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
3. (intransitive) To burn fuel at less than the desired level, thus not providing heat efficiently.
4. (transitive, ceramics) To fire at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

Antonyms

• overfire

Derived terms

• underfired (adjective)

Anagrams

• unferried