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1. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
    
2. Enough activity to continue going; capacity for further growth
   "the campaign is gaining steam";
   - momentum
    
3. (figurative) pent-up anger
   "he went outside to blow off some steam"

1. Cook something by letting steam pass over it
   "just steam the vegetables"
    
2. Emit steam
   "The rain forest was literally steaming"
    
3. Rise as vapour
    
4. [informal] Get very agitated or angry
   "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
    
5. Clean by means of steaming
   "steam-clean the upholstered sofa";
   - steam clean
    
6. Travel by means of steam power
   "The ship steamed off into the Pacific";
   - steamer

1. Traditional, dated or old-fashioned; not digital or electronic
   "Many private aircraft owners are combining steam and glass gauges to get the best of both"

Derived forms: steams, steamed, steaming

Type of: anger, arise, clean, come up, cook, emit, give off, give out, go, go up, lift, locomote, make clean, move, move up, rise, see red [informal], travel, uprise, vapor [US], vapour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Steam, Victor