Steam

Noun

 * 1) The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.
 * 2) Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
 * 3)  Internal energy for motive power.
 * After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.
 * 1)  Pent-up anger.
 * Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.
 * 1) A steam-powered vehicle.
 * 2) Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle

Synonyms

 * steamer

Derived terms

 * blow off steam
 * build up steam
 * steam bath
 * steamboat
 * steam boiler
 * steam condenser
 * steam distillation
 * steam engine
 * steam hammer
 * steam heater
 * steam iron


 * steam locomotive
 * steam power
 * steam-powered
 * steam railroad
 * steamroller
 * steamship
 * steam shovel
 * steam train
 * steam turbine
 * run out of steam

Verb

 * 1)  To cook with steam
 * 2)  To produce or vent steam.
 * 3)  To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
 * 4)  To make angry.
 * It really steams me to see her treat him like that.
 * 1)  To be covered with condensed water vapor.
 * With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.
 * 1)  To travel by means of steam power.
 * We steamed around the Mediterranean.
 * 1)  To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
 * If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:cook

Derived terms

 * steamer
 * steaming

Adjective

 * 1) Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

Adjectives for Steam
corrosive; scalding; pressive; exhaust; fragrant; spouting; rich. fainting; sanguine; opunsavory; poisonous; hot; stinking; hissing;

Verbs for Steam
compress—; gauge—; generate—; harness —; inhale—; meter—; spew—; spout—; spray—; vent—; —befogs; —bursts; — clouds; —condenses; —drenches; —forces; —jets; —mists; —moistens; —obscures; —— propels; —scalds; —wilts.

Thesaurus
Old Faithful, aerate, aerify, afterdamp, agua, amperage, aqua, armipotence, atomize, authority, bake, barbecue, baste, be in heat, beef, black power, blackdamp, blanch, blaze, bloom, blow, boat, boil, boiling water, braise, breath, breathe out, brew, broil, brown, brute force, burn, canoe, carbonate, carry sail, chafe, charge, charisma, chlorinate, choke, chokedamp, circumnavigate, cloud, clout, coast, coddle, cogence, cogency, combust, compulsion, cook, cross, cruise, curry, damp, devil, dint, distill, do, do to perfection, drinking water, drive, duress, eau, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effluvium, electric-heat, emit, energy, etherify, etherize, evacuate, evaporate, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expire, fetid air, fire, fire up, firedamp, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flatus, flicker, flower power, fluid, fluidize, flush, foment, force, force majeure, forcefulness, fractionate, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, full blast, full force, fume, fumigate, gas-heat, gasify, gasp, geyser, give off, give out, give vent to, glow, go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, griddle, grill, ground water, hard water, head, heat, heavy water, hot, hot spring, hot up, hot water, hot-air-heat, hot-water-heat, hydrogenate, hydrol, hydrometeor, hydrosphere, incandesce, influence, let out, limewater, main force, main strength, make a passage, malaria, mana, mephitis, miasma, might, might and main, mightiness, mineral water, motorboat, moxie, mull, muscle, muscle power, navigate, open the floodgates, open the sluices, oven-bake, overheat, oxygenate, pan, pan-broil, pant, parboil, parch, perfume, pizzazz, ply, poach, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, preheat, prepare, prepare food, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puff, puff of smoke, puissance, pull, punch, push, radiate heat, rain, rainwater, recook, reek, reheat, roast, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, salt water, saute, scald, scallop, scorch, scull, sea water, seafare, sear, seethe, send out, shimmer with heat, shirr, simmer, sinew, smoke, smolder, smother, smudge, soft water, spark, spray, spring water, steamboat, stew, stifle, stir-fry, stoke up, strength, strong arm, sublimate, sublime, suffocate, superheat, superiority, superpower, sweat, swelter, take a voyage, tepefy, thermae, throw off, toast, traverse, validity, vapor, vaporize, vehemence, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, volatile, volatilize, voyage, warm, warm over, warm up, water, water vapor, wattage, weight, well water, wetting agent, wetting-out agent, yacht

Etymology
From steam:

Noun

 * Danish:
 * Faroese: guva
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: υδρατμός,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: वाष्प, भाप
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gufa
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: gal uisce
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ;


 * Latvian:, garaiņi
 * Lithuanian:
 * Marathi: वाफ
 * Navajo:
 * Old Norse:
 * Polish: wodna
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya:
 * Russian: пар (par)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: p’ȍxúone
 * Telugu: నీటిఆవిరి


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: υδρατμός,
 * Hebrew:, קיטור
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish: gal uisce
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: пар (par)
 * Swedish:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * : avull
 * : para
 * : baf, vapor
 * : 蒸汽 (zhēngqì)
 * : para
 * : stoom
 * : vaporo
 * : aur
 * : vapeur
 * : vapeur


 * : vapore
 * : 증기 (jeunggi)
 * : garai
 * : vapor
 * : abur
 * Cyrillic: пара
 * Roman: para
 * : vapor
 * : నీటి ఆవిరి (neeTi aaviri)
 * : నీటి ఆవిరి (neeTi aaviri)

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Hungarian: párol, dinsztel
 * Japanese: 蒸す
 * Swedish: ångkoka


 * Finnish:


 * Japanese: 湯気が立つ, 頭に血が上る


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese: 曇らせる


 * Swedish: imma igen


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * mates, meats, Satem, satem, tames, teams

Noun

 * 1)  (water vapor)

Etymology
, compare also Dutch stoom

Noun
steam


 * 1) steam