steam

Definition of Steam in English :

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Noun

1. steam

water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

Verb

2. steam, steamer

travel by means of steam power

Example Sentences:
'The ship steamed off into the Pacific'

steamer

3. steam

emit steam

Example Sentences:
'The rain forest was literally steaming'

4. steam

rise as vapor

5. steam

get very angry

Example Sentences:
'her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man'

6. steam, steam clean

clean by means of steaming

Example Sentences:
'steam-clean the upholstered sofa'

steam clean

7. steam

cook something by letting steam pass over it

Example Sentences:
'just steam the vegetables'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Steam

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noun

the gas or vapour into which water is changed when boiled

the mist formed when such gas or vapour condenses in the atmosphere

any vaporous exhalation

4. informal

power, energy, or speed

5. get up steam

6. let off steam

7. under one's own steam

8. Australian slang

cheap wine

9. (modifier)

driven, operated, heated, powered, etc, by steam

a steam radiator

10. (modifier)

treated by steam

steam ironed

steam cleaning

11. (modifier) humorous

old-fashioned; outmoded

steam radio

verb

12.

to emit or be emitted as steam

13. (intransitive)

to generate steam, as a boiler, etc

14. (intransitive)

to move or travel by steam power, as a ship, etc

15. (intransitive) informal

to proceed quickly and sometimes forcefully

16.

to cook or be cooked in steam

17. (transitive)

to treat with steam or apply steam to, as in cleaning, pressing clothes, etc

Steam

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noun

1. Obsolete

a vapor, fume, or exhalation

water as converted into an invisible vapor or gas by being heated to the boiling point; vaporized water: it is used for heating, cooking, cleaning, and, under pressure, as a source of power

the power supplied by steam under pressure

c. Informal

driving force; vigor; energy

condensed water vapor, seen as the mist condensed on windows or in the air above boiling water

adjective

using steam; heated, operated, propelled, etc. by steam

containing or conducting steam

a steam pipe

treated with, or exposed to the action of, steam

verb intransitive

to give off steam or a steamlike vapor, esp. condensed water vapor

to rise or be given off as steam

to become covered with condensed steam

usually with up

when the hot bath was drawn, the bathroom mirror steamed up

10.

to generate steam

11.

to move or travel by or as if by steam power

12. Informal

to seethe with anger, vexation, etc.; fume

verb transitive

13.

to treat with, or expose to the action of, steam; cook, soften, remove, open, etc. by using steam

14.

to give off (vapor) or emit as steam

Steam

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a. Hot water vapor produced especially by boiling liquid water.

b. Hot, pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.

a. Power generated by the expansion of boiling water as it turns to vapor: an engine at full steam.

b. Steam heating.

3. Condensed water vapor in the form of a mist or cloud: the steam from the teakettle; the steam of the oxen's breath in the cold air.

4. Power; energy: The fundraising effort ran out of steam.

v. steamed, steam·ing, steams

v. intr.

1. To produce or emit steam: The kettle is steaming. Let's make tea.

2. To become or rise up as steam: The rain steamed off the hot pavement.

3. To become misted or covered with steam: The bathroom mirror steamed over.

4. To move by means of steam power.

5. Informal To become very angry; fume.

v. tr.

1. To expose to steam, as in cooking.

2. To cover or mist with steam: The windows are steamed up.

3. Informal To make angry: His laziness really steams me.

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