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Adjective: steamed  steemd
  1. Cooked in steam
    "steamed clams"
     
  2. [informal] Aroused to impatience or anger
    - annoyed, irritated, miffed [informal], nettled, peeved, pissed [informal], riled, roiled, stung, hacked off [Brit, informal], exasperated, cheesed off [Brit, informal], browned off [Brit, informal], brassed off [Brit, informal]
Verb: steam  steem
  1. Cook something by letting steam pass over it
    "just steam the vegetables"
     
  2. Emit steam
    "The rain forest was literally steaming"
     
  3. Rise as vapour
     
  4. [informal] Get very agitated or angry
    "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
     
  5. Clean by means of steaming
    "steam-clean the upholstered sofa";
    - steam clean
     
  6. Travel by means of steam power
    "The ship steamed off into the Pacific";
    - steamer

See also: cooked, displeased

Type of: anger, arise, clean, come up, cook, emit, give off, give out, go, go up, lift, locomote, make clean, move, move up, rise, see red [informal], travel, uprise

Encyclopedia: Steamed

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