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Adjective: steamed steemd- Cooked in steam
"steamed clams" - [informal] Aroused to impatience or anger
- annoyed, irritated, miffed [informal], nettled, peeved, pissed [informal], riled, roiled, stung, hacked off [Brit, informal], exasperated, cheesed off [Brit, informal], browned off [Brit, informal], brassed off [Brit, informal] Verb: steam steem- Cook something by letting steam pass over it
"just steam the vegetables" - Emit steam
"The rain forest was literally steaming" - Rise as vapour
- [informal] Get very agitated or angry
"her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" - Clean by means of steaming
"steam-clean the upholstered sofa"; - steam clean - Travel by means of steam power
"The ship steamed off into the Pacific"; - steamer
See also: cooked, displeased 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 Encyclopedia: Steamed Steam, Victor |