steamed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiːmd/

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Adjective

steamed (comparative more steamed, superlative most steamed)

1. Cooked by steaming.
2. Otherwise heated and processed with steam, as for example with parts of wooden furniture.
   • 1996, The Simpsons: 22 Short Films About Springfield:

     Superintendent Chalmers: Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour?
     Seymour Skinner: Uh- Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams.

3. (slang) Angry; hot under the collar.

   He was steamed that the car cut him off. It took almost half an hour for him to calm down.

Derived terms

• steamed egg
• steamed eggs
• steamed pudding
• steamed up

Translations

having been cooked by exposure to steam

Chinese: Cantonese: 蒸 (zing1), 清蒸 (cing1 zing1) Mandarin: 蒸 (zh) (zhēng), 清蒸 (zh) (qīng zhēng) Czech: dušený (cs) Dutch: gestoomd (nl) Finnish: höyrytetty (fi), höyrykypsennetty French: à la vapeur Italian: a vapore Japanese: 蒸し (ja) (mushi) Mongolian: жигнэсэн (žignesen) Spanish: al vapor Tagalog: tiim Turkish: buğulama (tr)

Angry, hot under the collar

Portuguese: fumaçando

Verb

steamed

1. simple past and past participle of steam

Anagrams

• demates