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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: steaming /ˈstiːmɪŋ/ adj - very hot
- informal angry
- slang drunk
n - informal robbery, esp of passengers in a railway carriage or bus, by a large gang of armed youths
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024steam /stim/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Physicswater in the form of an invisible gas or vapor:Steam is used for heating purposes.
- the mist formed when the vapor from boiling water condenses in the air.
- Informal Termspower or energy:The damaged frigate limped into port under its own steam.
v. - to give off steam or vapor:[no object]pipes steaming in the cold air.
- to (cause to) become covered with condensed steam, as a car window: [no object; (~ + up)]To prevent the window from steaming (up), use the defroster.[~ + up + object]His hot breath steamed up the window.[~ + object + up]to steam it up.
- Transportto move or travel by the power of steam: [no object]The ship steamed out to sea.[~ + object]The captain steamed the ship out to sea.
- to expose to or treat with steam, in order to heat, cook, etc.:[~ + object]to steam the vegetables.
- Slang Terms to (cause to) become angry:[~ + object (+ up)]He got pretty steamed (up) about the sales figures.
adj. [before a noun] - using or operated by steam:a steam radiator.
Idioms- Informal Terms, Idioms blow or let off steam, to let out emotion or energy kept in or contained, esp. by talking or by acting wildly:She's been studying all night, and now she wants to let off some steam.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024steam (stēm),USA pronunciation n. - Physicswater in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Physicswater changed to this form by boiling, extensively used for the generation of mechanical power, for heating purposes, etc.
- the mist formed when the gas or vapor from boiling water condenses in the air.
- an exhalation of a vapor or mist.
- Informal Termspower or energy.
- Informal Terms, Idioms blow off or let off steam, to give vent to one's repressed emotions, esp. by talking or behaving in an unrestrained manner:Don't take her remarks too seriously—she was just blowing off steam.
v.i. - to emit or give off steam or vapor.
- to rise or pass off in the form of steam or vapor.
- to become covered with condensed steam, as a window or other surface (often fol. by up).
- to generate or produce steam, as in a boiler.
- Transportto move or travel by the agency of steam.
- to move rapidly or evenly:He steamed out of the room.
- Informal Termsto be angry or show anger.
v.t. - to expose to or treat with steam, as in order to heat, cook, soften, renovate, or the like.
- to emit or exhale (steam or vapor).
- Slang Termsto cause to become irked or angry (often fol. by up).
- Transportto convey by the agency of steam:to steam the ship safely into port.
adj. - heated by or heating with steam:a steam radiator.
- Transportpropelled by or propelling with a steam engine.
- operated by steam.
- conducting steam:a steam line.
- bathed with or affected by steam.
- of or pertaining to steam.
- bef. 1000; Middle English steme, Old English stēam; cognate with Dutch stoom
steam′less, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: steam /stiːm/ n - the gas or vapour into which water is changed when boiled
- the mist formed when such gas or vapour condenses in the atmosphere
- any vaporous exhalation
- informal power, energy, or speed
- get up steam ⇒ (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
- informal to go quickly
- let off steam ⇒ informal to release pent-up energy or emotions
- under one's own steam ⇒ without the assistance of others
- (modifier) driven, operated, heated, powered, etc, by steam: a steam radiator
- (modifier) treated by steam: steam ironed, steam cleaning
- (modifier) jocular old-fashioned; outmoded: steam radio
vb - to emit or be emitted as steam
- (intransitive) to generate steam, as a boiler, etc
- (intransitive) to move or travel by steam power, as a ship, etc
- (intransitive) informal to proceed quickly and sometimes forcefully
- to cook or be cooked in steam
- (transitive) to treat with steam or apply steam to, as in cleaning, pressing clothes, etc
See also steam upEtymology: Old English; related to Dutch stoom steam, perhaps to Old High German stioban to raise dust, Gothic stubjus dust |