Main Entry: ²steam

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 : to give out as fumes : exhale
2 : to apply steam to; especially : to expose to the action of steam (as for softening or cooking)intransitive verb 1 : to rise or pass off as vapor
2 : to give off steam or vapor
3 a : to move or travel by the agency of steam b : to move or proceed with energy or force
4 : to be angry : boil <steaming over the insult>