Steam

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The vapor phase of water.
  • noun. A mist of cooling water vapor.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.
  • noun. The power produced by a machine using pressurized water vapor.
  • noun. Steam heating.
  • noun. Power; energy.
  • intransitive verb. To produce or emit steam.
  • intransitive verb. To become or rise up as steam.
  • intransitive verb. To become misted or covered with steam.
  • intransitive verb. To move by means of steam power.
  • intransitive verb. To become very angry; fume.
  • intransitive verb. To expose to steam, as in cooking.
  • intransitive verb. To cover or mist with steam.
  • intransitive verb. To make angry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give out steam or vapor; exhale any kind of fume or vapor.
  • To rise in a vaporous form; pass off in visible vapor.
  • To move or travel by the agency of steam: as, the vessel steamed into port.
  • To flame or blaze up.
  • To exhale; evaporate.
  • To treat with steam; expose to steam; apply steam to for any purpose: as, to steam cloth; to steam potatoes instead of boiling them; to steam food for cattle; steamed bread.
  • noun. Vapor; a rising vapor; an exhalation.
  • noun. Water in a gaseous state; the gas or vapor of water, especially at temperatures above 100° C.
  • noun. Water in a visible vesicular condition produced by the condensation of vapor of water in air.
  • noun. Figuratively, force; energy.
  • noun. A flame or blaze; a ray of light.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To emit steam or vapor.
  • intransitive verb. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
  • intransitive verb. To move or travel by the agency of steam.
  • intransitive verb. To generate steam.
  • transitive verb. To exhale.
  • transitive verb. To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing
  • noun. The elastic, aëriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor.
  • noun. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
  • noun. Any exhalation.
  • noun. steam which does not contain water held in suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to superheated steam.
  • noun. See under Exhaust.
  • noun. steam of which the pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. steam of which the pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above, that of the atmosphere.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. steam at the temperature of the boiling point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also applied to wet steam.
  • noun. steam heated to a temperature higher than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water, and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also surcharged steam, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
  • noun. steam which contains water held in suspension mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
  • noun. A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
  • noun. a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler, 3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues, which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler, enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
  • noun. a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a locomotive.
  • noun. a carriage upon wheels moved on common roads by steam.
  • noun. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
  • Word Usage
    "The percentage by weight of steam in a mixture of steam and water is called the _quality of the steam_."
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    anger  arise  clean  come up  cook  
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    Diem  Hakeem  Ibrahim  Joachim  Rahim  
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    air  chemical  engine  exhaust  flame  
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    steamed  steaming  steams