STEAM

v. expose to or treat with steam (especially in cooking); give off steam or vapor; rise in the form of steam; express anger, fume (Informal)

n. water vapor; vapor, mist; energy (Informal)

In physical chemistry, and in engineering, steam refers to vaporized water. It is a pure, completely invisible gas (for mist see below). At standard atmospheric pressure, pure steam (unmixed with air, but in equilibrium with liquid water) occupies about 1,600 times the volume of liquid water. In the atmosphere, the partial pressure of water is much lower than 1 atm, therefore gaseous water can exist at temperatures much lower than 100 C (see  water vapor and humidity).
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Noun
1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
(hypernym) vapor, vapour
(hyponym) live steam
Verb
1. travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) steamer, steamship
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
2. emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming"
(hypernym) emit, give out, give off
3. rise as vapor
(hypernym) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
4. get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
(hypernym) anger, see red
5. clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
(synonym) steam clean
(hypernym) clean, make clean
6. cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
(hypernym) cook
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation

(v. t.)
To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
  

(v. t.)
To exhale.
  

(v. i.)
To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
  

(v. i.)
To move or travel by the agency of steam.
  

(v. i.)
To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
  

(v. i.)
To emit steam or vapor.
  

(n.)
The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
  

(n.)
The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.
  

(n.)
Any exhalation.
  

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