0 (of a steam engine) using the greatest possible amount of steam, in order to travel as fast as possible, or work as hard as possible:
At full steam, the ship could move from the tropics to the Arctic in a matter of weeks.
The company is pressing ahead at full steam with development of the electric car.
She's tireless. She is going full steam, it seems, 24 hours a day.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
(at) full steam