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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
steam .
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Examples
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The volcanic cniters, which are still burning more or less, are usually surrounded with hot sulphureous acid steams, which issue from their sides, and cvst in the air.
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MD bastes hers – my mother uses a non-stick pan and kind of steams them.
Back at last from a long multi-city trip | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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One of the things that -- not much gets me mad anymore, I'm feeling pretty mellow -- but one of the things that still kind of steams me is when I hear somebody say well, why is she doing this?
Remarks By The President At New York Senate 2000 Dinner ITY National Archives 2000
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In cold weather, when there is a roaring fire in the range, the water frequently becomes so hot that it "steams" out of open faucets.
General Science Bertha M. Clark
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As he case his eyes about, too, he was still further encouraged, by perceiving that the dead body, which had caused him some alarm, was that of a deer; and his satisfaction was complete, in discerning, by the savoury steams which issued from a kettle suspended by a hooked stick over the fire, that there was a part cooking for the evening's repast.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Washington Irving 1821
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She uses another mixture of butter fat, fresh herbs and black coals to rub on her hair, and 'steams' her clothes regularly over the permanent fire.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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There she has remained since as a show, and moreover as a sort of dining-hall for jovial parties from the city; one of which would seem to be on board this afternoon, to judge from the flags which bedizen the masts, the sounds of revelry and savory steams which issue from those windows which once were portholes, and the rushing to and fro along the river brink, and across that lucky bridge, of white-aproned waiters from the neighboring Pelican Inn. A great feast is evidently toward, for with those white-aproned waiters are gay serving men, wearing on their shoulders the city-badge.
Westward Ho! 2007
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There she has remained since as a show, and moreover as a sort of dining-hall for jovial parties from the city; one of which would seem to be on board this afternoon, to judge from the flags which bedizen the masts, the sounds of revelry and savory steams which issue from those windows which once were portholes, and the rushing to and fro along the river brink, and across that lucky bridge, of white-aproned waiters from the neighboring Pelican Inn. A great feast is evidently toward, for with those white-aproned waiters are gay serving men, wearing on their shoulders the city-badge.
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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The damp napkin/paper towel kind of steams the sausage, so the rice doesn’t get hard.
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In the Philippines, 52-year-old Purificacion Roque, who works part-time as an auditor in Manila, says the price of cooking oil has more than doubled, so she now steams most of her food rather than frying it.
Asia Price Rises Imperil Growth Alex Frangos 2011
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