steaming

Giving off steam.

Adjective

  1. Giving off steam.
    • We were served with steaming bowls of soup.
  2. Extremely hot
  3. Very angry.
    • I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.
  4. Extremely drunk.
    • ‘Will it help or hinder if I tell you I was steaming that evening and remember nothing, full stop?’ - 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 6:

Origin

By surface analysis, steam + -ing.

Forms

more steaming most steaming

Synonyms

steamy apoplectic enraged furious paralytic sloshed wasted

Derived

steaming hot steamingly unsteaming

Noun

  1. The action of steam on something.
    • Steaming is fine for this fabric, as long as you keep the iron moving.
  2. The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
    • Their favorite way to cook clams is steaming.

    Coordinate Terms: sweating sautéing boiling frying

  3. The act or process of seafaring under steam power.
    • Steaming was their preferred way to travel until airliners came along.
  4. The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc; the maintenance of a head of steam during operation; (metonymic) operation under load.
    • Two 4-4-0s were steaming through the scenic foothills, giving rides to tourists.
    • 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...
    • The perfect steaming and beautiful mechanical condition of the Pacific were immediately apparent. - 1961 February, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page...
  5. A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train.

Forms

steamings

Derived

slow steaming smart steaming steaming up

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of steam