steam
11Steam — (st[=e]m), v. t. 1. To exhale. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] …
12Steam — (engl., spr. Stihm), der Dampf; daher Steamboat (spr. Stihmboht), das Dampfboot, Dampfschiff. Steamcarriage (spr. Stihm karridsch), der Dampfwagen (Locomotive). Steamengine (spr. Stihmendschine), die Dampfmaschine. Steamer (spr. Stihmer),… …
13steam — (n.) O.E. steam vapor, fume, from P.Gmc. *staumaz (Cf. Du. stoom), of unknown origin. The verb is from O.E. stemen, stymen to emit a scent or odor; slang meaning to make angry is from 1922. Steamer is 1814 in the cookery sense, 1825 as a vessel… …
14Steam — (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… …
15steam — steam; steam·i·ly; steam·i·ness; steam·er; …
16steam|er — «STEE muhr», noun. 1. a steamboat; steamship. 2. an engine run by steam. 3. a container in which something is steamed or kept warm, as for sterilization or cooking. 4. a boiler or other vessel for generating steam. 5. = steamcar. (Cf. ↑steamcar) …
17Steam — [sti:m] der; <aus engl. steam> engl. Bez. für Dampf …
18Steam — (stihm), engl., Dampf; s. er, Dampfer, größeres Dampfschiff; s.boat, Dampfboot …
19steam up — (something) to become covered with a thin layer of small water drops. Going into the warm room steamed my glasses up. They were sitting in the back seat of the car and the windows were all steamed up …
20steam — [n] energy beef, force, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor, vim; concept 633 …
