What is the meaning of steam?

noun

  • Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere.

verb

  • Travel by means of steam power.
    • usage: "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
  • Emit steam.
    • usage: "The rain forest was literally steaming"
  • Rise as vapor.
  • Get very angry.
    • usage: "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
  • Clean by means of steaming.
    • usage: "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
  • Cook something by letting steam pass over it.
    • usage: "just steam the vegetables"
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