Steaming — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

travel by means of steam power

emit steam

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈiːmɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈiːmɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈiːmɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈiːmɪŋ/.

Examples

The ship steamed off into the Pacific
The rain forest was literally steaming
her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

steam clean steamer steam steamy piping

Parts of Speech

verb	travel by means of steam power “The ship steamed off into the Pacific”
verb	emit steam “The rain forest was literally steaming”
verb	rise as vapor
verb	get very angry “her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man”
verb	clean by means of steaming “steam-clean the upholstered sofa”
verb	cook something by letting steam pass over it “just steam the vegetables”
adjective	filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist “a steaming kettle”
adverb	(used of heat) extremely “the casserole was piping hot”

Word Forms

steamer	noun	a ship powered by one or more steam engines
steam	noun	water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
steaminess	noun	cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dampfend

Reisen mit Dampfkraft

🇫🇷French

fumant

voyager au moyen de la vapeur

🇪🇸Spanish

humeante

viajar mediante energía de vapor

🇮🇹Italian

cottura a vapore

viaggiare mediante la forza del vapore

🇳🇱Dutch

stomen

reizen door middel van stoomkracht

🇵🇹Portuguese

fumegante

viajar por meio de energia a vapor

🇷🇺Russian

дымящийся

путешествие с помощью энергии пара

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गश्त कर

भाप शक्ति के माध्यम से यात्रा करें

🇮🇳Tamil

வேகவைத்தல்

நீராவி சக்தி மூலம் பயணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆవిరి

ఆవిరి శక్తి ద్వారా ప్రయాణం

🇮🇳Marathi

वाफाळणे

वाफेच्या शक्तीने प्रवास

🇮🇳Gujarati

બાફવું

વરાળ શક્તિ દ્વારા મુસાફરી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಗಿ

ಉಗಿ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആവി പറക്കുന്നു

സ്റ്റീം പവർ വഴിയുള്ള യാത്ര

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਾਫ

ਭਾਫ਼ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਜ਼ਰੀਏ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

بھاپ

بھاپ کی طاقت کے ذریعے سفر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

蒸

依靠蒸汽动力旅行

🇯🇵Japanese

蒸している

蒸気の力で移動する

🇰🇷Korean

김이 나는

증기의 힘으로 여행하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hấp

di chuyển bằng năng lượng hơi nước

🇹🇭Thai

นึ่ง

เดินทางด้วยพลังงานไอน้ำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengepul

perjalanan dengan menggunakan tenaga uap

🇵🇭Filipino

umuusok

paglalakbay sa pamamagitan ng steam power

🇲🇾Malay

mengukus

perjalanan dengan menggunakan kuasa wap

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تبخير

السفر عن طريق الطاقة البخارية

🇮🇷Persian

بخار پز کردن

سفر با نیروی بخار

🇹🇷Turkish

dumanı tüten

buhar gücüyle seyahat etmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מהביל

נסיעה באמצעות כוח קיטור

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