steam 1 of 2

verb

Definition of steamnext
as in to storm
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam

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steam

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noun

as in cloud

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Recent Examples of steam
Verb
As America steams headlong into November, working-class folks are still at loggerheads with its political class. — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 To steam satin linens, work on a flat surface that will not be damaged by moisture. — Staff Author, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
The lower level is finished with an oversized gym, steam shower bath, bar with a 100-inch television and walk-out to the pool. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026 The McKinsey Global Institute recently drew a line from the development of steam power in the 1770s to electricity in the 1880s, computers in the 1970s, the internet in the 1990s and, finally, AI today. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for steam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steam
  1. storm
  2. cloud
  3. boil
  4. smoke
  5. burn
  6. fume
  7. rage
  8. bank
Verb
  • It's been a rough season for the Terrapins, who recently underwent a coaching change, and that's certainly not going to have kids storming the gates at SECU Stadium.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Days later, assailants stormed Moscow’s Crocus City Hall venue and killed more than 140 people.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of storm
Noun
  • This setup takes shape as the mega-cap cloud platforms Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft report results this week.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Clouse stands, avoiding my eye, and drives off in a cloud of dust.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of cloud
Verb
  • Plus, the sauce cooks while the pasta boils, putting this firmly in weeknight-dinner territory.
    — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • A lot of uncertainty remains in the lift capacity of Starship, as well as in how much cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen will boil off in orbit and how efficient the process of transferring propellants from one ship to another will be.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of boil
Noun
  • Baltzor, and hired riders, had to hoof it through heavy smoke into the mountains to extract their cattle from the path of the fires.
    — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Safety Ed Reed, wearing the jersey of the late Sean Taylor, cranked the hurricane siren pregame before the team ran through the smoke onto the field.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of smoke
Verb
  • And, like the Raptor engines that power another SpaceX launcher, the giant Starship, Clydesdale will burn liquid oxygen and liquid methane, a combo known as methalox.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Residents evacuated as officials decided three days later to blow open five rail cars and burn the vinyl chloride inside.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of burn
Noun
  • Wearing personal protective equipment and working under a fume hood provides some protection.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Ensure your storage spaces are properly ventilated to avoid damage from moisture buildup and chemical fume exposure.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
Definition of fume
Verb
  • There’s just enough teasing to allow the Elriel and the Gwynriel wars to keep raging for a few months.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Elsewhere, the war rages on A Russian drone strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight wounded five people, including a 4-year-old child, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of rage
Noun
  • Earlier this year, a 12-foot alligator was found peeping through a Southport woman’s storm door, and an 8-foot gator was caught hiding under a car at a bank drive-thru.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Owners who make their payments, keep clean bank statements and grow deposits can often move from a merchant cash advance to a term loan, then to a line of credit and eventually to bank or SBA financing at a fraction of the cost.
    — Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of bank

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