steam

Meanings

Noun

• water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

Verb

• travel by means of steam power
  • "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
• emit steam
  • "The rain forest was literally steaming"
• rise as vapor
• get very angry
  • "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
• clean by means of steaming
  • "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
• cook something by letting steam pass over it
  • "just steam the vegetables"

Synonyms

steam clean, steamer