What is the meaning of steamed?

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"

adjective

  • Cooked in steam.
    • usage: "steamed clams"
  • Aroused to impatience or anger.
    • usage: "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
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APAWordNet. (2010). steamed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/steamed/definitions/1184356
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