simple past tense and past participle of gain steam

Increase in weight, usually of a person or animal.

One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.

(economics) An increase in the value of a capital asset / (business, finance) An amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.

(American football) The points on the football field needed to pass to convert a first down.

The increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident solar radiation.

(nautical) To reach the windward side of another ship.

plural of brain gain

plural of brain-gain

(rugby) an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.