English
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Etymology
Old English st�am

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-steam.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|-

1. the vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase
2. pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy
3. context|by extension energy; power

#: After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.

Translations
trans-top|water vapor
Finnish: vesihöyry
German: Dampf m
Latvian: tvaiks m
trans-mid
Russian: па� (par) m
Spanish: vapor#Spanish|vapor m
Swedish: ånga c
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trans-top|water vapor used for heating or as source of kinetic energy
Finnish: höyry
German: Dampf m
Latvian: tvaiks m
trans-mid
Russian: па� (par) m
Swedish: ånga c
trans-bottom

trans-top|energy
Finnish: voima, energia
German: Kraft f, Energie f
trans-mid
Swedish: ånga c
trans-bottom

checktrans-top
ttbc|Albanian: avull m
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|بخار unicode|(bux�r) m
ttbc|Bosnian: para f
ttbc|Catalan: baf m, vapor m
ttbc|Chinese: �汽 (zh�ngqì)
ttbc|Croatian: para#Croatian|para m
ttbc|Dutch: stoom m
ttbc|Esperanto: vaporo
ttbc|Estonian: aur
ttbc|French: vapeur m
ttbc|Hungarian: g�z
ttbc|Indonesian: uap
ttbc|Irish: gal#Irish|gal f
ttbc|Italian: vapore m
trans-mid
ttbc|Japanese: �� (����, j�ki)
ttbc|Korean: �기 (jeunggi)
ttbc|Lithuanian: garai
ttbc|Portuguese: vapor#Portuguese|vapor m
ttbc|Romanian: abur m
ttbc|Serbian:
:Cyrillic: па�а f
:Roman: para#Serbian|para f
ttbc|Spanish: vapor#Spanish|vapor m
ttbc|Telugu: న��ి �విరి (neeTi aaviri)
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Verb
en-verb

1. context|cooking|transitive to cook with steam
2. intransitive to become angry; to fume; to be incensed
3. intransitive to produce or vent steam
4. intransitive to be covered with condensed water vapor

#: With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.

1. intransitive to travel by means of steam power

#: We steamed around the Mediterranean.

1. ((figurative or literal) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.

#: If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them.

Translations
trans-top|(transitive) to cook with steam
Czech: dusit
Dutch: stomen
Finnish: höyryttää
trans-mid
Swedish: ångkoka
trans-bottom

rfc-trans
Finnish: hiiltyä joku|jostakin (2), höyrytä (3), huurtua (4), höyryyntyä (4)
Swedish: ånga (3), imma igen (4)

Related terms
steam bath
steam boiler
steam condenser
steam distillation
steam engine
steam hammer
steam heater
steam iron
steam locomotive
steam power
steam railroad
steam shovel
steam turbine
steamboat
steamer
steaming
steamroller
steamship
run out of steam

Anagrams
meats
teams

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English intransitive verbs
Category:English transitive verbs

Frisian

Noun
steam

1. steam

Category:Frisian nouns

Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *staumaz, compare also Dutch stoom

Noun
st�am m

1. steam

Category:Old English nouns

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• 2007-12-25 12:30 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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