1. (

• steam

) water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere ;

1. (

• steamer ,
• steam ,

) travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" ;

2. (

• steam

) emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming" ;

3. (

• steam ,

) rise as vapor ;

4. (

• steam

) get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" ;

5. (

• steam ,
• steam_clean

) clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa" ;

6. (

• steam

) cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables" ;