1
: cooked by steam
2
: angry sense 1
often used with up

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Appetizer options include steamed dumplings and japchae. Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025 In fact, everyone’s pretty steamed. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 The dish, a traditional cornerstone of Mexican cuisine that dates back over a thousand years, is a corn wrapping, called masa, filled with meats, vegetables and cheese, rolled then steamed or boiled in a corn husk. Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025 Serve over steamed broccoli or cauliflower rice to complete your healthy meal. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamed

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of steamed was in 1802

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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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