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Steaming

verb
/ˈstiːm.ɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.verbTo cook with steam.
"The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them."
2.verbTo expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
"to steam wood or cloth"
3.verbTo produce or vent steam.
4.verbTo rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
"Our breath steamed in the cold winter air."
5.verbTo become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
6.verbTo make angry.
"It really steams me to see her treat him like that."
7.verbTo be covered with condensed water vapor.
"With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car."
8.verbTo travel by means of steam power.
"The ship steamed out of the harbour"
9.verbTo move with great or excessive purposefulness.
"If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them."
10.verbTo exhale.
11.nounThe action of steam on something.
12.nounThe method of cooking by immersion in steam.
13.nounA form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see Steaming (crime).
14.nounRelating to the ability of a steam locomotive (etc.) to raise steam.
15.adjectiveGiving off steam.
"We were served with steaming bowls of soup."
16.adjectiveVery angry.
"I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal."
17.adjectiveExtremely drunk.

Synonyms

paralyticsloshedwastedsteamyapoplecticenragedfuriouswetpipingsailingiratenavigating

Rhymes With

beamingschemingteeminggleamingscreamingdaydreamingseemingredeeming
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