Word Definition

Steam

  1. To emit steam or vapor.
  2. To exhale.
  3. To move or travel by the agency of steam.
  4. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
  5. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.
  6. Any exhalation.
  7. To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
  8. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
  9. 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.

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