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Meanings of steam (steams) 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 steams in English
                    1
                    When the cauldron steams, dance about the fire and sing this song.
                    The Redemption of David Corson
                    2
                    See, they are running along the platform as the train steams out.
                    From Aldershot to Pretoria / A Story of Christian Work among Our...
                    3
                    Smokes and steams drifted in sullen clouds and lurked in the hollows.
                    The two towers
                    4
                    There's the knock, and the Great Western sails, or steams rather, to-morrow.
                    Yesterdays with Authors
                    5
                    It steams up eyeglasses and feels like an iron on your skin.
                    Wired
                    6
                    Even if the battleship steams away the submarine should be capable of following.
                    Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis: Headed for Graduation an...
                    7
                    His big bath steams plump now, full as the Jordan river.
                    Unmanned
                    8
                    Vaginal steams have also gained popularity among women who are trying to conceive.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    A boat that steams away will live to fight another day.
                    The Rock of Chickamauga: A Story of the Western Crisis
                    10
                    A pessimist steams ahead too, but he gets ready for trouble.
                    Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
                    11
                    So there she steams safe and sound to the town wharf!
                    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
                    12
                    It's right out of Franju and that famous work which literally steams of it.
                    A Sport and a Pastime
                    13
                    It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability .
                    The Irish Times
                    14
                    Interwaste general manager Derek Richardson says the company steams because incinerating isn't an option.
                    Radio NZ
                    15
                    But the boat, turning the point, steams up the harbour and Dinard falls away.
                    The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891
                    16
                    I smell them already-theirexquisite perfume steams and lingers in this moist, heavy air.
                    Our Village
                    About this term
                    Translations for steams
                    Catalan
                    vapor
                    Steams through the time
                    Steams across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common