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Noun steam has 1 sense

steam - water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
--₁ is a kind of vapor, vapour
--₁ has particulars: live steam
Derived forms: verb steam₆, verb steam₅

Verb steam has 6 senses

steam - travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun steamer₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
steam - emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming"
--₂ is one way to emit, give out, give off
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
steam - rise as vapor
--₃ is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
steam - get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
--₄ is one way to anger, see red
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
steam, steam clean - clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
--₅ is one way to clean, make clean

Derived form: noun steam₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
steam - cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
--₆ is one way to cook

Derived forms: noun steam₁, noun steamer₁, noun steamer₂
Sample sentence:
The chefs steam the vegetables