2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steamed} (st[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steaming}.] 1. To emit steam or vapor. [1913 Webster] My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming with fire intense. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster] 2. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor. [1913 Webster] The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 3. To move or travel by the agency of steam. [1913 Webster] The vessel steamed out of port. --N. P. Willis. [1913 Webster] 4. To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: steamed adj 1: cooked in steam; "steamed clams" 2: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: {annoyed}, {irritated}, {miffed}, {nettled}, {peeved}, {pissed}, {pissed off}, {riled}, {roiled}, {stunng}]
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