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1. (n.) steam
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
2. steam
water changed to this form by boiling, extensively used for the generation of mechanical power, for heating purposes, etc.
3. steam
the mist formed when the gas or vapor from boiling water condenses in the air.
4. steam
an exhalation of a vapor or mist.
5. steam
power or energy.
6. (v.i.) steam
to emit or give off steam or vapor.
7. steam
to rise or pass off in the form of steam or vapor.
8. steam
to become covered with condensed steam, as a window or other surface (often fol. by up).
9. steam
to generate or produce steam, as in a boiler.
10. steam
to move or travel by the agency of steam.
11. steam
to move rapidly or evenly:
He steamed out of the room.
12. steam
to be angry or show anger.
13. (v.t.) steam
to expose to or treat with steam, as in order to heat, cook, soften, or renovate.
14. steam
to emit or exhale (vapor, mist, etc.).
15. steam
to cause to become irked or angry (often fol. by up).
16. steam
to convey by the agency of steam:
to steam the ship safely into port.
17. (adj.) steam
employing or operated by steam:
a steam radiator.
18. steam
conducting steam:
a steam line.
19. steam
of or pertaining to steam.
20. steam
propelled by or propelling with a steam engine.
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| Definition of 'steam' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) steam
water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
2. (verb) steamer, steam
travel by means of steam power
"The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
3. (verb) steam
emit steam
"The rain forest was literally steaming"
4. (verb) steam
rise as vapor
5. (verb) steam
get very angry
"her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
6. (verb) steam, steam clean
clean by means of steaming
"steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
7. (verb) steam
cook something by letting steam pass over it
"just steam the vegetables"
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1. (noun) steam
vapor produced by boiling water
steam rising from the pots; a steam engine
2. steam
let off/blow off steam
to express how you feel or use your energy
The kids ran around in the park for a while to let off steam.
3. (verb) steam
to cook food by placing it in steam
I prefer to steam the vegetables.
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| Definition of 'steam' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) steam
the elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor
2. (noun) steam
the mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage
3. (noun) steam
any exhalation
4. (verb) steam
to emit steam or vapor
5. (verb) steam
to rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor
6. (verb) steam
to move or travel by the agency of steam
7. (verb) steam
to generate steam; as, the boiler steams well
8. (verb) steam
to exhale
9. (verb) steam
to expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc
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| Definition of 'steam' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. steam
Water in its gaseous state. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
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Sense: a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid
Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; (
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 Afrikaans: stoom |
 Arabic: بُخار الماء |
 Bulgarian: изпарение |
 Brazilian: vapor |
 Czech: pára; parní |
 German: der Dampf, Dampf-... |
 Danish: damp; damp-; em; em- |
 Greek: ατμός |
 Estonian: aur |
 Farsi: بخار ��ب |
 Finnish: höyry |
 French: (à/de) vapeur |
 Hebrew: אֵדִים |
 Hindi: भाप, वाष्प |
 Croatian: para, isparivanje |
 Hungarian: gőz |
 Indonesian: uap |
 Icelandic: gufa |
 Italian: vapore; di vapore |
 Japanese: 蒸気 |
 Korean: 수증기 |
 Lithuanian: garas |
 Latvian: tvaiks; garaiņi |
 Malay: wap |
 Dutch: stoom |
 Norwegian: vanndamp |
 Polish: para |
 Portuguese: vapor |
 Romanian: abur |
 Russian: пар |
 Slovak: para; parný |
 Slovenian: para |
 Serbian: para |
 Swedish: ånga |
 Thai: ไอน้ำ |
 Turkish: buhar |
 Taiwanese: 蒸氣 |
 Ukrainian: пара |
 Urdu: بھاپ |
 Vietnamese: hơi nước |
 Chinese: 蒸气 |
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