steam
To cook with steamTo cook with steam.
» I must let off steam.
Ich muss mal etwas Dampf ablassen.
Мне надо выпустить пар.
Мені потрібно випустити пару.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To cook with steam.
The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.
dämpfen, dünsten
cook something by letting steam pass over it
(figuratively, intransitive)To be cooked with steam.
The artichokes are steaming in the pot.
I'm steaming in this coat.
emit steam
(transitive)To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
to steam wood or cloth
(transitive)To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
travel by means of steam power
(intransitive)To produce or vent steam.
(intransitive)To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
Our breath steamed in the cold winter air.
rise as vapor
(figuratively, intransitive)To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
get very agitated or angry
(figuratively, transitive)To make angry.
It really steams me to see her treat him like that.
(transitive)To cover with condensed water vapor.
With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.
(intransitive)To travel by means of steam power.
We steamed around the Mediterranean.
The ship steamed out of the harbour.
clean by means of steaming
(figuratively, literally)To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.
(obsolete)To exhale.
Examples
189 sentencesI must let off steam.
Мені потрібно випустити пару.
ruМне надо выпустить пар.
deIch muss mal etwas Dampf ablassen.
The engine is driven by steam.
deDie Lokomotive wird von Dampf angetrieben.
Tom needs to let off some steam.
deTom muss etwas Dampf ablassen.
I needed to blow off some steam.
ruМне нужно было выпустить пар.
I need to blow off some steam.
ruМне нужно выпустить пар.
deIch muss etwas Dampf ablassen.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breatFrom Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).
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Forms
steams, steaming, steamed, steamedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonyms- clean by means of steaming:steam clean
- travel by means of steam power:steamer
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle