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Meanings of steam in English

Russian
пар
Spanish
vapor
Catalan
vapor

Water in the gas phase, formed by the boiling of water.

пар
Spanish
limpiar al vapor

Clean by means of steaming.

limpiar al vapor

Travel by means of steam power.

Usage of steam in English
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The Company's main products include electric power, gas and steam, among others.
Reuters
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Information Age invention, like the steam engine or electricity-starteda revolution, right?
Hollow World
3
Electricity may carry the idea; steam carries the man with the idea.
Steam, Steel and Electricity
4
The Energy segment includes the coal-fired steam power plants project in Indonesia.
Reuters
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All three major market gauges had opened higher, but quickly lost steam.
The Irish Times
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The first industrial revolution came from new technology - the steam engine.
The Irish Times
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Recent economic indicators, however, show the economy is picking up steam again.
The Irish Times
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In contrast, the recovery in Europe appears to be picking up steam.
Reuters
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The Company produces and distributes electricity, steam and water for industrial purposes.
Reuters
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The steam ports are next drilled in the top of the boiler.
Things To Make
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Travel times may well improve, but the initiative might also lose steam.
The Irish Times
12
The U.S. economy started the year with a good head of steam.
Reuters
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Spray oven or place water in bottom of oven to create steam.
Radio NZ
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Perhaps the odour of alcohol predominated; Lanyard thought of a steam-heated wine-cellar.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
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This the steam from the gas does in all fairly built rooms.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
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By the 1980s, however, the movement threatened to run out of steam.
The Guardian
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Catalan
vapor
Steam through the time
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