steam
/stiːm/noun, verb1 syllable
Steam means: travel by means of steam power.
Synonyms for steam2
verb, as in travel by means of steam power
verb, as in clean by means of steaming
steam clean
What does steam mean?7
verb
1
travel by means of steam power“The ship steamed off into the Pacific”
2
clean by means of steaming“steam-clean the upholstered sofa”
3
emit steam“The rain forest was literally steaming”
4
rise as vapor
5
get very agitated or angry“her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man”
6
cook something by letting steam pass over it“just steam the vegetables”
noun
1
water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with steam?22
three syllables
Steam in a sentence
- A railway museum exhibits a collection of steam locomotives, associated equipment and rolling stock.CM
- Do not expose the console to dust, smoke or steam.unknown
- To carefully remove the stamp from the envelope, hold it over the steam.carlosalberto
- It's very important to know how to let off steam, living in this world.unknown
- Gaskets for specific applications, such as high pressure steam systems, may contain asbestos.CM
- The steam took the most weird shapes, enough to frighten any one.Hybrid
- You can also ride on an old, restored, steam train.blay_paul
- Recently, there have been signs that the economy is picking up steam.BHO
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Forms of steam
as a noun
- plural
- steams
as a verb
- past tense
- steamed
- present participle
- steaming
- third-person singular
- steams
- past participle
- steamed