steaming
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English
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Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, steam + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]steaming (countable and uncountable, plural steamings)
- The action of steam on something.
- Steaming is fine for this fabric, as long as you keep the iron moving.
- The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
- Their favorite way to cook clams is steaming.
- The act or process of seafaring under steam power.
- Steaming was their preferred way to travel until airliners came along.
- The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc.
- 1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39:
- The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
- 1961 February, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 109:
- The perfect steaming and beautiful mechanical condition of the Pacific were immediately apparent.
- (UK, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]action of steam on something
method of cooking by immersion in steam
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Adjective
[edit]steaming (comparative more steaming, superlative most steaming)
- Giving off steam.
- We were served with steaming bowls of soup.
- Extremely hot
- (slang) Very angry.
- I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.
- (slang, UK) Extremely drunk.
- 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 6:
- ‘Will it help or hinder if I tell you I was steaming that evening and remember nothing, full stop?’
Synonyms
[edit]- (giving off steam): steamy
- (very angry): apoplectic, enraged, furious; see also Thesaurus:angry
- (extremely drunk): paralytic, sloshed, wasted; see also Thesaurus:drunk
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]giving off steam
very angry
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extremely drunk
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Verb
[edit]steaming
- present participle and gerund of steam
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