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
Exhibiting a pile of hot, steaming garbage might have been more transgressive than showing these sculptures. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 In a crockery pot, my father steams cauliflower, stirring it round and round. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
That night, Pike, her boyfriend, 17-year-old Tadaryl Shipp, and an acquaintance, Shadolla Peterson, 18, lured Slemmer to an isolated area behind the agricultural campus steam plant. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Likewise, Cosori recommends keeping its air fryer away from cupboards and steam-sensitive surfaces, with about 5 inches of clearance behind and above it. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 22 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
  • Protests last week devolved into mayhem, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police.
    — ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Republicans stormed to their first majority in the House (54 seats net) in 40 years and recaptured the Senate with eight new seats there as well.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 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
  • The bank also said that while shares are up 67% this year, the stock still has plenty more room to run ahead of its next scheduled earnings in November.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Call your bank, retirement plan administrator, mobile carrier or insurance company using its official contact information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of bank

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