English Dictionary: steamed | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for steamed | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Steam \Steam\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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 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 travel by the agency of steam. The vessel steamed out of port. --N. P. Willis. 4. To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well. |