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| Sounds | stiy'm |
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| Rhymes | academe, agleam, beam, and 35 more rhymes in iym at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere. |
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| Narrower | live steam |
| Broader | vapor, vapour |
| Verbs | steam; steam |
| Meaning | Travel by means of steam power. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" |
| Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Nouns | steamer |
| Meaning | Emit steam. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The rain forest was literally steaming" |
| Broader | emit, give out, give off |
| Meaning | Rise as vapor. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise |
| Meaning | Get very angry. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" |
| Broader | anger, see red |
| Meaning | Clean by means of steaming. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "steam-clean the upholstered sofa" |
| Synonyms | steam clean |
| Broader | clean, make clean |
| Nouns | steam |
| Meaning | Cook something by letting steam pass over it. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Model | The chefs steam the vegetables |
| Examples | "just steam the vegetables" |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
| Broader | cook |
| Nouns | steamer; steam; steamer |