steam
US /stim/
・UK /sti:m/
A2
noun
- Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
- Source of stamina, strength or energy
- Mist of water in the air formed when water boils
verb
- To cover a surface with steam, so as to clean it
- To cook in mist of tiny drops from boiling water
- To produce or give off a hot gas by boiling liquid
- To travel or move using steam as a force
adjecitve
- (Train, engine) powered by boiling water
Examples
The saucepan on the cooker puffed little jets of steam.
Steam rose from her mug of cocoa.