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.