English Dictionary
Definition steam in British English
steam
verb
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verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/stiːm/
1
to produce steam
Example
Steam the vegetables for about ten minutes.
4
if a person steams somewhere, they move quickly in a particular direction
Example
McKiernan steamed ahead to win her third successive race.
