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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 |