Look up: Steam

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   Steam
   To cook over boiling water in a covered pan or to cook in a special pressurized steam compartment.
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   Steam
   Steam is the transparent, colourless gas into which water is converted when it vaporises.
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   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
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   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 pillar, and English stand .] 1. The elastic, aëriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the s ...
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   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 there, O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air.» Dryden. « Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming< ...
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   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.
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   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 . . . Steamed away into the air.' (Boyle) ... 3. To move or ...
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   steam
   noun water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
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   Steam
   In physical chemistry, and in engineering, `steam` refers to vaporized water. It is a pure, completely invisible gas (for mist see below). At standard atmospheric pressure, pure steam (unmixed with air, but in equilibrium with liquid water) occupies about 1,600 times the volume of liquid water. In the atmosphere, the partial pressure of water is much lower than 1 atm, therefore gaseous water can exist at temperatures much lower than 100 ...
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    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 steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, t...
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    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]
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    steam
    The gaseous form of water at or above the boiling point. Saturated - Steam at 100¢XC and atmospheric pressure
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    Steam
    Water in vapor form; used as the working fluid in steam turbines and heating systems.
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    steam
    Water in vapor form; it is used as the working fluid in steam turbines and heating systems.
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    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.
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