steamed

steamed

English

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Adjective

steamed (comparative more steamed, superlative most steamed)

1. Cooked by steaming.
   • 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.

2. (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.

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) Finnish: höyrytetty (fi), höyrykypsennetty French: à la vapeur Japanese: 蒸し (ja) (mushi) Mongolian: жигнэсэн (žignesen) Spanish: al vapor Tagalog: tiim

Angry, hot under the collar

Portuguese: fumaçando

Verb

steamed

1. simple past tense and past participle of steam

Anagrams

• demates