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Word: Steam
Speech Type: Noun
Old English stēam ‘vapour’, stēman ‘emit a scent, be exhaled’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoom ‘steam’
stiːm
the vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air
Short Definition:vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming white mist of minute water droplets in air
Examples:- a cloud of steam
- steam was rising from the mugs of coffee
- she wiped the steam off the mirror
Word: Steam
Speech Type: Verb
stiːm
give off or produce steam
Short Definition:give off or produce steam
Examples:- a mug of coffee was steaming at her elbow
cook (food) by heating it in steam from boiling water
Short Definition:cook food by heating it in steam from boiling water
Examples:- steam the vegetables until just tender
(of a ship or train) travel somewhere under steam power
Short Definition:(of ship or train) travel somewhere under steam power
Examples:- the 11.54 steamed into the station
be or become extremely agitated or angry
Short Definition:be or become extremely agitated or angry
Examples:- you got all steamed up over nothing!
- after steaming behind the closed door in his office, he came out and screamed at her
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