Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled with or emitting steam.
- adjective Hot and humid; muggy.
- adjective Erotic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or abounding in steam; resembling steam; vaporous; misty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of, or resembling, steam; vaporous; misty.
- adjective Emitting steam; full of steam.
- adjective Erotic; consisting of or depicting passionate sexual activity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
warm andhumid ; full ofsteam - adjective slang
erotic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeling great sexual desire
- adjective filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
- adjective hot or warm and humid
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Examples
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And I had some at lunch recently — a bowl so bright and cooling that if I closed my eyes I could imagine that I was no longer in steamy Manhattan but instead lounging on a breezy beach by the sea.
Pickled shrimp with lime | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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To enter Martin's room, they passed through the kitchen, warm and moist and steamy from the big washing in progress.
Chapter 26 2010
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The Black Hat hacker conference is underway, at Caesars Palace in steamy Las Vegas.
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The Black Hat hacker conference is underway, at Caesars Palace in steamy Las Vegas.
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Silk Stalkings was a USA Network crime drama that offered plenty of sultry plotlines in steamy Palm Beach, Florida.
NBC Cancels Christian Slater Drama “My Own Worst Enemy” 2008
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EnlargeBy Stuart Franklin, Getty ImagesGraeme Storm proved to be the big surprise Day 1 of the PGA Championship in steamy Tulsa.
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I finished the revisions on the Jon Snow chapters that I was talking about last month, and moved on to Tyrion for a while, but just now I am working on a new viewpoint character, and a chapter set in steamy harbor of Old Volantis.
Home Alone grrm 2006
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My Mexican friends say that summers here in steamy hot Mazatlan can bring on all kinds of "stomach critters", and medication is necessary perhaps once a year.
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To enter Martin's room, they passed through the kitchen, warm and moist and steamy from the big washing in progress.
Chapter 26 1908
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He called the steamy stunt "not appropriate" and vowed never to bathe himself online again.
Darnell Dockett: Shower Video 'Wrong,' 'Not Appropriate' 2010
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