What does Steam mean?
Definitions for Steam
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Steam.
Princeton's WordNet
steamverb
water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
steamer, steamverb
travel by means of steam power
"The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
steamverb
emit steam
"The rain forest was literally steaming"
steamverb
rise as vapor
steamverb
get very angry
"her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
steam, steam cleanverb
clean by means of steaming
"steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
steamverb
cook something by letting steam pass over it
"just steam the vegetables"
Wiktionary
steamnoun
The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.
steamnoun
Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
steamnoun
Internal energy for motive power.
After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.
steamnoun
Pent-up anger.
Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.
steamnoun
A steam-powered vehicle.
steamnoun
Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle
steamverb
To cook with steam
steamverb
To produce or vent steam.
steamverb
To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
steamverb
To make angry.
It really steams me to see her treat him like that.
steamverb
To be covered with condensed water vapor.
With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.
steamverb
To travel by means of steam power.
We steamed around the Mediterranean.
steamverb
To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.
steamadjective
Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.
Etymology: staumaz, compare also Dutch stoom. Probably cognate with Albanian tështimë, pështym, both related to tym.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
STEAMnoun
The smoke or vapour of any thing moist and hot.
Etymology: steme , Saxon.
Sweet odours are, in such a company as there is steam and heat, things of great refreshment. Francis Bacon.
His offering soon propitious fire from heaven
Consum’d with nimble glance and grateful steam. John Milton.While the temple smoak’d with hallow’d steam,
They wash the virgin. Dryden.Such the figure of a feast
Which, were it not for plenty and for steam,
Might be resembled to a sick man’s dream. King.Some it bears in steams up into the air, and this in such a quantity as to be manifest to the smell, especially the sulphur. John Woodward, Natural History.
To Steamverb
Etymology: steman , Saxon.
Scarcely had Phœbus in the gloomy east,
Got harnassed his fiery-footed team,
Ne rear’d above the earth his flaming crest
When the last deadly smoke aloft did steam. Fairy Queen.See, see, my brother’s ghost hangs hovering there,
O’er his warm blood, that steams into the air. Dryden.O wretched we! Why were we hurry’d down
This lubrick and adult’rate age;
Nay, added fat pollutions of our own,
T’ increase the steaming ordures of the stage? Dryden.Let the crude humours dance
In heated brass, steaming with fire intense. Philips.These minerals not only issue out at these larger exits, but steam forth through the pores of the earth, occasioning sulphureous and other offensive stenches. John Woodward.
Ye mists that rise from steaming lake. John Milton.
The dissolved amber plainly swam like a thin film upon the liquour, whence it steamed away into the air. Boyle.
Wikipedia
Steam
Steam is a substance containing water in the gas phase,: 7 and sometimes also an aerosol of liquid water droplets, or air. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization. Steam that is saturated or superheated is invisible; however, wet steam or water vapor, a visible mist or aerosol of water droplets, is often referred to as "steam".: 6 Water increases in volume by 1,700 times at standard temperature and pressure; this change in volume can be converted into mechanical work by steam engines such as reciprocating piston type engines and steam turbines, which are a sub-group of steam engines. Piston type steam engines played a central role in the Industrial Revolution and modern steam turbines are used to generate more than 80% of the world's electricity. If liquid water comes in contact with a very hot surface or depressurizes quickly below its vapor pressure, it can create a steam explosion.
ChatGPT
steam
Steam is the gaseous phase of water that is formed when it is heated to the boiling point. It is often associated with being an effective source of energy, as it is used to power steam engines and turbines. Its uses also extend to cooking, cleaning, and heating systems.
Webster Dictionary
Steamnoun
the elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor
Steamnoun
the mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage
Steamnoun
any exhalation
Steamverb
to emit steam or vapor
Steamverb
to rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor
Steamverb
to move or travel by the agency of steam
Steamverb
to generate steam; as, the boiler steams well
Steamverb
to exhale
Steamverb
to expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc
Etymology: [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. stem vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.]
Wikidata
Steam
Steam is the technical term for water vapor, the gaseous phase of water, which is formed when water boils. Water vapor cannot be seen, though in common language it is often used to refer to the visible mist of water droplets formed as this water vapor condenses in the presence of cooler air. Strictly speaking, in terms of the chemistry and physics, true steam is invisible. At lower pressures, such as in the upper atmosphere or at the top of high mountains water boils at a lower temperature than the nominal 100 °C at standard temperature and pressure. If heated further it becomes superheated steam. The enthalpy of vaporization is the energy required to turn water into the gaseous form when it increases in volume by 1,600 times at standard temperature and pressure; this change in volume can be converted into mechanical work by steam engines and steam turbines. Steam engines played a central role to the Industrial Revolution and modern steam turbines are used to generate electricity. If liquid water comes in contact with a very hot substance it can create a steam explosion. Steam explosions have been responsible for many foundry accidents, and may also have been responsible for much of the damage to the plant in the Chernobyl accident.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Steam
stēm, n. the vapour of water—when dry, invisible and transparent like air, and not to be confused with the semi-liquid cloud which comes from the chimney of a locomotive; when superheated, changing the characteristics of a vapour for those belonging to what is known as a 'perfect gas:' the mist formed by condensed vapour: any vaporous exhalation: energy, force, spirit.—v.i. to rise or pass off in steam or vapour: to move by steam.—v.t. to expose to steam.—ns. Steam′boat, Steam′ship, Steam′-vess′el, a boat, ship, or vessel propelled by steam; Steam′-boil′er, a boiler for generating steam; Steam′-carriage, a carriage moved by steam on common roads; Steam′-chest, -dome, a chamber above a steam-boiler serving as a reservoir for steam; Steam′-crane, a crane worked by a steam-engine; Steam′-dig′ger, a machine for digging the soil by means of steam-power, the soil being thereby much more thoroughly pulverised than by ploughing; Steam′-en′gine, an engine or machine which changes heat into useful work through the medium of steam; Steam′er, a vessel moved by steam: a road-locomotive, &c.: a vessel in which articles are steamed; Steam′-gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam in a boiler; Steam′-gov′ernor, the governor of a steam-engine; Steam′-gun, a gun projecting a missile by means of steam; Steam′-hamm′er, a hammer consisting of a steam cylinder and piston placed vertically over an anvil, the hammer moved by the action of the steam; Steam′iness, the quality of being vaporous or misty; Steam′-jack′et, a hollow casing surrounding any vessel and into which steam may be admitted; Steam′-launch (see Launch); Steam′-navigā′tion, the propulsion of vessels by steam; Steam′-nav′vy, an excavator operated by steam in the making of docks, canals, &c.; Steam′-pack′et, a steam-vessel plying between certain ports; Steam′-pipe, a pipe for conveying steam; Steam′-plough, a plough or gang of ploughs worked by a steam-engine; Steam′-pow′er, the force of steam when applied to machinery; Steam′-press, a printing-press worked by steam; Steam′-print′ing, printing in which the presses are operated by steam; Steam′-trap, a contrivance for allowing the passage of water while preventing the passage of steam; Steam′-tug, a small steam-vessel used in towing ships; Steam′-whis′tle, an apparatus attached to a steam-engine through which steam is discharged, producing a sound in the manner of a common whistle.—adj. Steam′y, consisting of, or like, steam: full of steam or vapour.—n. Steam′-yacht, a yacht propelled by steam. [A.S. steám; cog. with Dut. stoom.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Steam
Water in its gaseous state. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Steam' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3472
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Steam' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3989
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Steam' in Nouns Frequency: #1437
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Anagrams for Steam »
AEMTs
mates
meats
satem
Satem
tames
teams
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Steam in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Steam in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Steam in a Sentence
Japan's energy market is entering a new phase.... Utilities are having to become more cost competitive. Running old steam turbine gas and oil units no longer makes sense.
The civil cases will continue to gather steam. We take Mr. Watson's depo again Tuesday, we have to respect the process.
Looking back over the past decades as globalization picked up steam, there is no doubt that the benefits of trade has not been as widely enjoyed as many predicted.
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz:
Our candidates are gaining steam ... on their own, look at the crowds that Bernie Sanders is drawing. We've not had any debates yet, and Bernie Sanders has found a way to really catch fire with voters.
The civil cases will continue to gather steam, we take Mr. Watson’s deposition again Tuesday. Respect the process.
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- بخارArabic
- ভাপAssamese
- buxarAzerbaijani
- парBelarusian
- параBulgarian
- ভাপBengali
- རླངས་པTibetan Standard
- pára, dusitCzech
- damp, dampeDanish
- Dampf, Kraft, Energie, dämpfenGerman
- ατμός, υδρατμόςGreek
- vaporSpanish
- بخارPersian
- vesihöyry, höyry, voima, höyryttää, höyrytä, rynnätä, höyryttyä, huurtua, energia, hiiltyäFinnish
- guvaFaroese
- vapeur, cuisinerFrench
- gal uisceIrish
- toit, smùidScottish Gaelic
- vaporGalician
- אד, קיטורHebrew
- भापHindi
- pára, energia, párol, dinsztel, gőz, erőHungarian
- գոլորշիArmenian
- uapIndonesian
- gufaIcelandic
- vaporeItalian
- 水蒸気, 蒸す, 頭に血が上る, 曇らせる, 湯気, 蒸気, 湯気が立つJapanese
- ორთქლიGeorgian
- буKazakh
- ចំហាយKhmer
- 김, 증기, 蒸氣Korean
- буу, парKyrgyz
- ອາຍນ້ຳLao
- garasLithuanian
- tvaiks, garaiņiLatvian
- пареаMacedonian
- уурMongolian
- वाफMarathi
- stim, kukus, wapMalay
- ရေငွေ့Burmese
- वाफNepali
- stoom, stomenDutch
- siilNavajo, Navaho
- ਭਾਫPanjabi, Punjabi
- parować, paraPolish
- vapor, cozinhar no vapor, cozer no vaporPortuguese
- aburRomanian
- парRussian
- वाष्पSanskrit
- बा॒फSindhi
- para, параSerbo-Croatian
- paraSlovak
- paraSlovene
- ånga, imma igen, ångkokaSwedish
- నీటిఆవిరిTelugu
- бухор, буғTajik
- ไอน้ำThai
- bugTurkmen
- buharTurkish
- па́ра, парUkrainian
- bug', parUzbek
- hơi nước, hơiVietnamese
- 蒸汽Chinese
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