as in boiled
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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Recent Examples of steamed
They’re wrapped in banana leaves instead of corn husks, are flatter and more rectangular in shape, and are about three times the size of the kind traditionally steamed in corn husks (perfect for sharing).
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Their dining room now packed and wind in their sails, the couple is digging deeper into the cooking of Tussanaprasit’s native Chiang Mai, serving dishes like khao khan jin, a glistening mixture of rice, salty pork bits, and pork blood steamed in banana leaves.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Tender pulled rabbit meat is wrapped in smooth blue masa and steamed in a banana leaf wrapper.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Here, littleneck clams are steamed in a wok with green onion, ginger and wine stock, oyster sauce, sake and fresh ginger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Their dining room now packed and wind in their sails, the couple is digging deeper into the cooking of Tussanaprasit’s native Chiang Mai, serving dishes like khao khan jin, a glistening mixture of rice, salty pork bits, and pork blood steamed in banana leaves.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Tender pulled rabbit meat is wrapped in smooth blue masa and steamed in a banana leaf wrapper.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Here, littleneck clams are steamed in a wok with green onion, ginger and wine stock, oyster sauce, sake and fresh ginger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed
Verb
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The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Up to half of the milk products used had been boiled, which would have pasteurized the milk.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
25 Aug. 2025
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Florida State was fined $50,000 after fans stormed the field following Saturday’s 31-17 victory over Alabama, becoming the first team in the ACC to receive the fine following the conference’s policy change in July.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Separately, the United Nations said Houthi authorities stormed its premises in areas under their control in Yemen and detained at least 11 personnel.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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As a then unknown reaction to an antibiotic raged its internal war, my body began to shut down.—
Kari Cobham,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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At least those two are always at the forefront of the heated debate that has raged on for over a decade.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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