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steam

noun
  1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
verb
  1. cook something by letting steam pass over it
    “just steam the vegetables”
  2. clean by means of steaming
    “steam-clean the upholstered sofa”
    steam clean
  3. get very angry
    “My indifference to their amorous advances really steamed them.”
    raise the roof
  4. travel by means of steam power
    “The ship steamed off into the Pacific”
    steamer
  5. rise as vapor
  6. emit steam
    “The rain forest was literally steaming”