Definition: 1. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere. 2. Travel by means of steam power. 3. Emit steam. 4. Rise as vapor. 5. Get very angry.
Use 'steam' in a sentence:
1. Steam condenses into water when it cools.
2. The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder.
3. Steam had clouded the mirror.
4. Suddenly, clouds of steam started to belch from the engine.
5. Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cooking time.
6. The Government was determined to go full steam ahead with its privatisation programme.
7. There's also an excellent spa with a large pool, steam room, and sauna.
8. Steam for about 12 minutes until the cake is springy to touch in the centre.
9. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam.
10. He spotted her steaming down the corridor towards him.
11. I remember going to the lecture in my first week and getting very steamed up.
12. Be careful not to scald yourself with the steam.
13. Hundreds of small craft bobbed around the liner as it steamed into the harbour.
14. Chinese normally steam or fry their foods, not bake them.
15. The Freudian perspective, in a sense: sees us as "steam engines".
16. Steam or microwave the vegetables until tender.
17. The 19th century was the heyday of steam railways.
18. Steam billowed out from under the hood.
19. This machine is driven by steam.
20. Steam condenses to water when it touches a cold surface.
21. The cloud is not smoke or steam.
22. The piston moves by steam pressure.
23. The general manager may have got steamed up about nothing.
24. Steam condenses into drops of water.
25. This was to occur with progress in the development of the steam engine.
26. Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender.
27. The exhibition tells the fascinating story of the steam age.
28. The boiler discharged steam.
29. This would generate steam that could be used to fill tanks on a small steam train without the use of fire.
30. Quite a lot of steam escaped from the vent at the front of the machine.
31. In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.
32. Plans are rolling full steam ahead for the Jamaica Festival.
33. The steam escaped with a loud hissing noise.
34. Steam locomotives pumped out clouds of white smoke.
35. This was before the steam locomotive, and canal building was at its height.
36. The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin jumped with fright.
37. The company is steaming ahead with its investment programme.
38. A lot of steam escaped from the vent at the front of the machine.
39. Wallcoverings and floors should be able to withstand steam and splashes.
40. He picked up his mug and blew off the steam.
41. In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.
42. The boat steamed across the lake.
43. Steam rose from the boiling kettle.
44. Steam puffed out.
45. Who invented the steam engine?
46. The engines were fired with coal and needed water to keep the steam up.
47. As he walked in, his glasses steamed up.
48. She wiped the steam from her glasses.
49. Smoke was used to simulate steam coming from a smashed radiator.
50. The volcano spurted clouds of steam and ash high into the air.
