Definitions for steam
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. steamverb

   water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

2. steamer, steamverb

   travel by means of steam power

   "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"

3. steamverb

   emit steam

   "The rain forest was literally steaming"

4. steamverb

   rise as vapor

5. steamverb

   get very angry

   "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"

6. steam, steam cleanverb

   clean by means of steaming

   "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"

7. steamverb

   cook something by letting steam pass over it

   "just steam the vegetables"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. steamnoun

   The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.

2. steamnoun

   Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.

3. steamnoun

   Internal energy for motive power.

   After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.

4. steamnoun

   Pent-up anger.

   Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.

5. steamnoun

   A steam-powered vehicle.

6. steamnoun

   Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle

7. steamverb

   To cook with steam

8. steamverb

   To produce or vent steam.

9. steamverb

   To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.

10. steamverb

    To make angry.

    It really steams me to see her treat him like that.

11. steamverb

    To be covered with condensed water vapor.

    With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.

12. steamverb

    To travel by means of steam power.

    We steamed around the Mediterranean.

13. steamverb

    To move with great or excessive purposefulness.

    If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.

14. steamadjective

    Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

15. Etymology: staumaz, compare also Dutch stoom. Probably cognate with Albanian tështimë, pështym, both related to tym.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. To Steamverb

   Etymology: steman , Saxon.

   1. To smoke or vapour with moist heat.

   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.

   2. To send up vapours.

   Ye mists that rise from steaming lake. John Milton.

   3. To pass in vapours.

   The dissolved amber plainly swam like a thin film upon the liquour, whence it steamed away into the air. Boyle.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steamnoun

   the elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor

2. Steamnoun

   the mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage

3. Steamnoun

   any exhalation

4. Steamverb

   to emit steam or vapor

5. Steamverb

   to rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor

6. Steamverb

   to move or travel by the agency of steam

7. Steamverb

   to generate steam; as, the boiler steams well

8. Steamverb

   to exhale

9. 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

10. 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.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Steam

   Water in its gaseous state. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

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1. • Anger
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   • Emit
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   • Rise
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'steam' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3472

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'steam' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3989

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'steam' in Nouns Frequency: #1437

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Anagrams for steam »

1. AEMTs

2. mates

3. meats

4. satem

5. Satem

6. tames

7. teams

8. stema

How to pronounce steam?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say steam in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of steam in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of steam in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of steam in a Sentence

1. Morgans Financial analyst James Wilson:

   BHP and Rio have been looking to raise volumes in this environment to maximise every tonne, with Vale's new ships plying the waters and the price where it is, it will be full-steam ahead over the next quarter, with more ore than ever coming out.

2. Geoff Freeman:

   Let's let a little steam out of the system before it overheats.

3. Ikaika Marzo:

   There are still plumes going out. There's a couple cracks that's close by that still have steam coming out, there's a lot of glow, a lot of fires.

4. Eric LeVine:

   The best time to clean is when the grill is still hot so you get the steam action going.

5. Ellis Phifer:

   We've been in somewhat of a down cycle in economic numbers, and they are starting to gather a little bit of steam.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=steam
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Steam
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=steam
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=steam
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=steam
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=steam