"steaming" meaning in English

See steaming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ [UK] Forms: more steaming [comparative], most steaming [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} steaming (comparative more steaming, superlative most steaming)
  1. Giving off steam. Synonyms (giving off steam): steamy Translations (giving off steam): dampende (Danish), höyryävä (Finnish), dampfend (German), מַהְבִּיל (mahabíl) [masculine] (Hebrew), galach (Irish), dampende (Norwegian Bokmål), humeante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-adj-JrVYR13E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 1 10 0 19 0 13 6 20 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 17 6 5 16 1 15 2 12 8 18 Disambiguation of 'giving off steam': 90 4 2 4 Disambiguation of 'giving off steam': 90 4 2 4
  2. Extremely hot
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-adj-VLREZJ0Q
  3. (slang) Very angry. Tags: slang Synonyms (very angry): apoplectic Translations (very angry): raivoissaan (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-adj-xOuEEqCL Disambiguation of 'very angry': 1 5 89 5 Disambiguation of 'very angry': 1 5 89 5
  4. (slang, UK) Extremely drunk. Tags: UK, slang Synonyms (extremely drunk): paralytic Translations (extremely drunk): umpikännissä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-adj-Put3lohL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 1 10 0 19 0 13 6 20 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 17 6 5 16 1 15 2 12 8 18 Disambiguation of 'extremely drunk': 3 25 7 65 Disambiguation of 'extremely drunk': 3 25 7 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enraged, furious, angry, sloshed, wasted, drunk Derived forms: steaming hot

Noun

IPA: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ [UK] Forms: steamings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} steaming (countable and uncountable, plural steamings)
  1. The action of steam on something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of steam on something): (zhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), höyrytys (Finnish), cuisson à la vapeur [feminine] (French), Dämpfen [neuter] (German), 蒸す (musu) (alt: むす) (Japanese), damping [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), damping [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), гото́вка на пару́ (gotóvka na parú) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-noun-MU51riBR Disambiguation of 'action of steam on something': 91 3 2 5 0
  2. The method of cooking by immersion in steam. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (method of cooking by immersion in steam): cocció al vapor [feminine] (Catalan), dušení [neuter] (Czech), höyrytys (Finnish), cuisson à la vapeur [feminine] (French), Dämpfen [neuter] (German), cottura a vapore [feminine] (Italian), damping [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), damping [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gotowanie na parze [imperfective, neuter] (Polish), cocción al vapor [feminine] (Spanish), ångkokning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-noun-NcVIK5Bk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 1 10 0 19 0 13 6 20 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 17 6 5 16 1 15 2 12 8 18 Disambiguation of 'method of cooking by immersion in steam': 2 86 1 7 4
  3. The act or process of seafaring under steam power. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-noun-iINeIjW8
  4. The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-noun-qAvA-aOj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 1 10 0 19 0 13 6 20 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 17 6 5 16 1 15 2 12 8 18
  5. (UK, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train. Tags: UK, countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-noun-qwBVFDp~ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: slow steaming, smart steaming, steaming up

Verb

IPA: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ [UK]
Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} steaming
  1. present participle and gerund of steam Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: steam
    Sense id: en-steaming-en-verb-xn8M0xbD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 1 10 0 19 0 13 6 20 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 17 6 5 16 1 15 2 12 8 18

Inflected forms

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      "word": "smart steaming"
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          "ref": "1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39",
          "text": "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 below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.",
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          "ref": "1961 February, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 109",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstiː.mɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēng",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "word": "蒸"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "word": "höyrytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dämpfen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むす",
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      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "word": "蒸す"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "damping"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gotóvka na parú",
      "sense": "action of steam on something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гото́вка на пару́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cocció al vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dušení"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "höyrytys"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuisson à la vapeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dämpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cottura a vapore"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gotowanie na parze"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cocción al vapor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "method of cooking by immersion in steam",
      "word": "ångkokning"
    }
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  ],
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}

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          "ref": "2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 6",
          "text": "‘Will it help or hinder if I tell you I was steaming that evening and remember nothing, full stop?’",
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      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "steamy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "very angry",
      "word": "apoplectic"
    },
    {
      "word": "enraged"
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    {
      "word": "angry"
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    {
      "sense": "extremely drunk",
      "word": "paralytic"
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    {
      "word": "sloshed"
    },
    {
      "word": "wasted"
    },
    {
      "word": "drunk"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "dampende"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "höyryävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "dampfend"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mahabíl",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַהְבִּיל"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "galach"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "dampende"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "giving off steam",
      "word": "humeante"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very angry",
      "word": "raivoissaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely drunk",
      "word": "umpikännissä"
    }
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}

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}

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