steamed
Americanadjective
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cooked with steam from boiling water.
steamed dumplings.
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Informal. angry.
She's really steamed about what you said yesterday.
Etymology
Origin of steamed
First recorded in 1800–05
Example Sentences
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Vegetables that steamed instead of browned, their edges soft but not transformed.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
The tanker quickly steamed toward India’s biggest refiner, owned by Reliance Industries, where it unloaded the oil on March 8.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
In rural Sichuan and Chongqing, large community meals are an important part of culture, featuring twice-cooked pork, steamed ribs, soup and homemade liquor.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
The vessel’s crew repelled an effort by the U.S. to board the vessel in December and steamed into the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
I felt a bit like my brain had been steamed.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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