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steamed

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steam  (stm)
n.
1.
a. The vapor phase of water.
b. A mist of cooling water vapor.
2.
a. Pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.
b. The power produced by a machine using pressurized water vapor.
c. Steam heating.
3. Power; energy.
v. steamed, steam·ing, steams
v.intr.
1. To produce or emit steam.
2. To become or rise up as steam.
3. To become misted or covered with steam.
4. To move by means of steam power.
5. Informal To become very angry; fume.
v.tr.
To expose to steam, as in cooking.

[Middle English steme, from Old English stam.]
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Adj.1.steamed - cooked in steam; "steamed clams"
cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
2.steamed - aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
displeased - not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure


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Presently Clayton saw the two ships come about again; and while the Arrow lay drifting quietly on the ocean, the cruiser steamed slowly back toward shore.
Tyler's body off the Toreador, we steamed out into the Pacific in search of Caprona.
As we sailed in to Langa-Langa, the British cruiser, the Cambrian, steamed out from the shelling of a village.
 
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