steam
Noun:
- Water vapor: The hot gas or vapor produced when water boils. It is the gaseous state of water.
- Power or energy: (Informal) Used to refer to energy, momentum, or driving force, often in the context of effort or progress.
Verb:
- To cook with steam: To cook food by exposing it to steam from boiling water.
- To emit steam: To give off steam or vapor, often as a result of being hot.
- To move by steam power: To travel or be propelled, especially of a ship or vehicle, using steam as a source of power.
- To become very angry: (Informal) To become extremely agitated or furious.
- To clean with steam: To clean something using the heat and pressure of steam.
Noun:
- Steam rose from the hot cup of tea.
- The old locomotive ran on steam.
- After the break, the team got up steam for the final project phase.
Verb:
- She will steam the broccoli for a healthy side dish.
- The kettle began to steam as the water boiled.
- The historic ship can still steam along the coast.
- He really steamed when he heard the news.
- We need to steam the curtains to remove the wrinkles.
"To get up steam": To gather energy, momentum, or enthusiasm to begin or continue an activity.
- It took a while for the campaign to get up steam.
"To let off steam": To release pent-up energy, stress, or strong feelings, often through vigorous activity or expression.
- After the stressful meeting, he went for a run to let off steam.
"To run out of steam": To lose energy, momentum, or enthusiasm; to become exhausted.
- The project started well but ran out of steam by the end.
Steamy (adj): Full of or resembling steam; hot and humid. Also used informally to describe something sexually suggestive.
- The steamy jungle air was oppressive.
Steamer (n): A ship or vehicle powered by steam; a container used for steaming food.
- We crossed the lake on an old steamer.
Steam-powered (adj): Operated by the force of steam.
- The factory used steam-powered machinery.
- Vapor (n): A substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical point.
- Cook (v): To prepare food by applying heat. (Specific method: ).
- Fume (v): To emit gas or vapor, often implying anger. (Similar to the informal angry sense of ).
Steam ahead: To proceed with great energy, speed, or determination.
- Despite the challenges, the team decided to steam ahead with the plan.
Steam up: To become covered with condensation; to fog up. Also used informally to mean to become angry or aroused.
- The cold glass steamed up in the warm room.
Full steam ahead: Proceeding with maximum speed, energy, or effort.
- The boss gave the order: full steam ahead on the new product launch.
Under one's own steam: By one's own efforts or power, without assistance.
- She recovered from the illness and got home under her own steam.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- just steam the vegetables
- clean by means of steaming
- steam-clean the upholstered sofa
- get very angry
- her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man
- rise as vapor
- emit steam
- The rain forest was literally steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- The ship steamed off into the Pacific