different between underfired vs underfires

underfired

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

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underfires

English

Verb

underfires

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underfire

underfires From the web:

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