Synonym: cook, energy, force, freshen, gas, power, smoke, soften, vapor. Similar words: team, teammate, steak, steady, steadily, instead of, step by step, beam. Meaning: [stɪːm] n. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere. v. 1. travel by means of steam power 2. emit steam 3. rise as vapor 4. get very angry 5. clean by means of steaming 6. cook something by letting steam pass over it.
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151. Put the peppers in a brown paper bag and seal the bag to steam them.
152. Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week, but otherwise is payable locally.
153. The event attracted a record number of passengers who enjoyed an intensive steam train service and additional vintage train service.
154. Stroked a tom-cat under the chin and watched a steam train go under a bridge.
155. Like steam coming at you from a cooking pot over a camp fire.
156. There is a chance to carry out your own experiments, a steam railway, and a special laboratory for young people.
157. Nice touches include steam vents that cast lingering clouds over the courses and new audio cues to warn of danger.
158. In comparison, steam is 212 degrees and coffee beans are roasted at temperatures of 350 to 425 degrees.
159. Its accessories enable the basic unit to use the cleaning and sterilising power of steam for cleaning, too.
160. The kettle began to boil, its ill-fitting lid jerking under the pressure of the steam inside.
161. Undesirable removal of lubricants may occur in machinery and hazards may arise in the use of steam lances.
162. But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding.
163. Indications the economy may be picking up steam hurt bonds by sparking concern inflation may accelerate, eroding bonds' fixed payments.
164. This water is so weakly-bound to the clay minerals that it turns to steam at low temperatures.
165. Most trains are steam hauled by one of the railway's extensive collection of tank engines and include full buffet car facilities.
166. There was a dressing room adjacent to a communal shower[Sentencedict.com ], and there was a lot of steam.
167. Of course, on cold surfaces, steam condenses into water so use a cloth to wipe away dirt and grease.
168. Bulleid strongly advocated the need for new and more powerful steam locomotives and obtained authority for this.
169. I had no time to steam my Christmas pudding, so I poured boiling water over it and ate it like cake.
170. At first wind pumps were used, then steam pumps which used coal brought in barges along the rivers and canals.
171. Cons: Just when the bobsled builds up steam, brakes on the track slow it down.
172. And up from the city of fumes and smoke rose a broiling cloud of steam, covering the stars.
173. Early steam engines were not very suitable for powering canal boats because of their large size.
174. The admission price includes rides on the steam trains and the other attractions.
175. The kids and Bill exhale billows of steam as they stand around; resting up for the next charge through the brush.
176. They now hope to combine their anniversary celebrations either with the steam weekends starting in May or the Railway Carnival.
177. Like the steam engine, civil service was a valuable breakthrough in its day.
178. Bathing huts, a steam engine, cavalry on manoeuvre and beached fishing boats: it must have been lovely.
179. It could be linked with other tourist attractions in the city by running steam trains along an existing track through the docks.
180. The idea of rewarding groups is also gaining steam in the bitter debate over merit pay for teachers.