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Look up: Steam

  1. steam
    [n] - water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere 2. [v] - emit steam 3. [v] - rise as vapor 4. [v] - travel by means of steam power 5. [v] - get very angry 6. [v] - clean by means of steaming 7. [v] - cook something by letting steam pass over it
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Steam
    Steam noun [ Middle English stem , steem , vapor, flame, Anglo-Saxon steám vapor, smoke, odor; akin to Dutch stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; confer Greek ... to erect, ... a pilla...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/189

  3. Steam
    Steam intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Steamed ; present participle & verbal noun Steaming .] 1. To emit steam or vapor. « My brother's ghost hangs hovering th...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/189

  4. Steam
    Steam transitive verb 1. To exhale. [ Obsolete] Spenser. 2. To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steam cloth; to steam food, etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/189

  5. steam
    1. To emit steam or vapor. 'My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air.' (Dryden) 'Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming with fire intence.' (J. Philips) ... 2. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor. 'The dissolved amber . . . St...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. steam
    noun water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Steam
    • (n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor. • (v. i.) To emit steam or vapor. • (v. i.) To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor. • (v. t.) To expose to the action of steam; to apply ste...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. steam
    odourless, invisible gas consisting of vaporized water. It is usually interspersed with minute droplets of water, which gives it a white, cloudy ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/157

  9. Steam
    Steam is Australian slang for cheap wine.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Steam
    Steam is Australian slang for cheap wine.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Steam
    To cook over boiling water in a covered pan or to cook in a special pressurized steam compartment.
    Found on http://www.goodcooking.com/winedefs.html

  12. steam
    The gaseous form of water at or above the boiling point. Saturated - Steam at 100¢XC and atmospheric pressure
    Found on http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/vie

  13. Steam
    Water in vapor form; used as the working fluid in steam turbines and heating systems.
    Found on http://www.electromn.com/glossary/s.htm

  14. STEAM
    To cook in steam in a pressure cooker, deep well cooker, double boiler, or a steamer made by fitting a rack in a kettle with a tight cover. A small amount of boiling water is used, more water being added during steaming process, if necessary.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  15. Steam
    Steam is the transparent, colourless gas into which water is converted when it vaporises.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. steam
    Dry, invisible gas formed by vaporizing water. The visible cloud that normally forms in the air when water is vaporized is due to minute suspended water particles. Steam is widely used in chemical and other industrial processes and for the generation of power
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  17. Steam
    When a betting selection starts to move quite rapidly, usually caused by many bettors betting on it.
    Found on http://www.greyhoundracingtoday.com/HowT

  18. Steam
    When a betting selection starts to move quite rapidly, usually caused by many bettors betting on it.
    Found on http://www.ildado.com/horse_racing_gloss

  19. Steam
    (band) `Steam` was a pop-rock music group best known for the 1969 number one hit song and perennial favorite "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." The song was written and recorded by studio musicians Garrett DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury Records studi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

  20. Steam
    (software) `Steam` is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute games and related media online, from small independent developers to larger software houses. Steam also has publisher=Valve...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

  21. Steam
    (Peter Gabriel song) `"Steam"` is the second single from Peter Gabriel`s 1992 album, Us. It reached #10 on the UK singles chart, #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Peter Gabriel has said that the song is about a relationship in which the wom...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

  22. Steam
    (album) `Steam` is the fourth studio album recorded by country music artist Ty Herndon. It features the singles "Steam", "No Mercy", and "A Love Like That", all of which entered the Billboard country music charts; "You Can Leave Your Hat On&quo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

  23. Steam
    (film) `Steam` is a 2007 film written and directed by Kyle Schickner and produced by FenceSitter Films. It stars Ruby Dee, Ally Sheedy and Kate Siegel.<ref name="lacb">-->--> Plot: A college student, a single middle aged mother and an older widow meet in a steam room. Eliz...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

  24. Steam
    `Steam` is the technical term for water vapor, the gaseous phase of water, which is formed when water boils. In common language it is often used to refer to the visible mist of water droplets formed as this water vapor condenses in the presence of cooler air. At lower pressures, such as in the °F...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

  25. Steam
    (Archie Shepp album) `Steam` is a live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded at the East-West Jazz Festival in Nurnberg, West Germany on May 14, 1976 and released on the Enja label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The avant-garde innovator Shepp still sounds p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam



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11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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