STEAM
\stˈiːm], \stˈiːm], \s_t_ˈiː_m]\
Definitions of STEAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
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cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
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get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
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travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
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rise as vapor
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clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
By Princeton University
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water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
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cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
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get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
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travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
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rise as vapor
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.
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The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
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Any exhalation.
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To emit steam or vapor.
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To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
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To move or travel by the agency of steam.
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To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
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To exhale.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To exhale.
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Steamy.
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To cook or otherwise affect by steam.
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To make, give off, or send out steam.
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Water in the form of vapor.
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Any vaporous exhalation.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Vapor into which water is changed when boiling; the visible mist of condensed water; vapor.
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To throw off steam; as, the soup steams in the kettle; rise or pass off in steam; as, moisture steams from the earth; move by steam; as, the vessel steamed out of the harbor.
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To treat or cook with steam; as, to steam a pudding.
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Steamy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The vapor into which water is changed when heated to the boiling-point, water in the gaseous state: the mist formed by condensed vapor: any exhalation.
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To rise or pass off in steam or vapor: to move by steam.
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To expose to steam.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The vapour of water, or the elastic gaseous fluid generated by heating water to the boiling point; the mist formed by vapour when condensing; any exhalation.
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To expose to steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
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To rise or pass off in steam; to send off visible vapour; to move by steam.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.