steaming
/หstiหm.ษชล/IPA: /S T IY1 M IH0 NG/
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To cook with steam.
โThe best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.โ
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To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
โto steam wood or clothโ
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To produce or vent steam.
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To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
โOur breath steamed in the cold winter air.โ
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To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
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To make angry.
โIt really steams me to see her treat him like that.โ
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To be covered with condensed water vapor.
โWith all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.โ
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To travel by means of steam power.
โThe ship steamed out of the harbourโ
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To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
โIf he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.โ
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To exhale.
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The action of steam on something.
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The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
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A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see Steaming (crime).
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Relating to the ability of a steam locomotive (etc.) to raise steam.
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