steam
Nouns
- (n) water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
Verbs
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(v) travel by means of steam power
- The ship steamed off into the Pacific
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(v) emit steam
- The rain forest was literally steaming
- (v) rise as vapor
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(v) get very angry
- her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man
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(v) clean by means of steaming
- steam-clean the upholstered sofa
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(v) cook something by letting steam pass over it
- just steam the vegetables
Synonyms
steamer steam cleanWords of close approximity
steam bath
steamboat
steam boiler
steam chest
steam clean
steam coal
steamed
steamed pudding
steam engine
steamer
steamer clam
steamfitter
steam fitting
steam heat
steam-heat
steam heating
steaminess
steaming
steam iron
steam line
steam locomotive
steam organ
steam pipe
steam-powered
steamroll
steamroller
steam room
steamship
steamship company
steamship line
steam shovel
steam turbine
steam whistle
steamy