as in boiled
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steamed
They’re wrapped in banana leaves instead of corn husks, are flatter and more rectangular in shape, and are about three times the size of the kind traditionally steamed in corn husks (perfect for sharing).
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Their dining room now packed and wind in their sails, the couple is digging deeper into the cooking of Tussanaprasit’s native Chiang Mai, serving dishes like khao khan jin, a glistening mixture of rice, salty pork bits, and pork blood steamed in banana leaves.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Tender pulled rabbit meat is wrapped in smooth blue masa and steamed in a banana leaf wrapper.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Here, littleneck clams are steamed in a wok with green onion, ginger and wine stock, oyster sauce, sake and fresh ginger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Their dining room now packed and wind in their sails, the couple is digging deeper into the cooking of Tussanaprasit’s native Chiang Mai, serving dishes like khao khan jin, a glistening mixture of rice, salty pork bits, and pork blood steamed in banana leaves.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Tender pulled rabbit meat is wrapped in smooth blue masa and steamed in a banana leaf wrapper.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Here, littleneck clams are steamed in a wok with green onion, ginger and wine stock, oyster sauce, sake and fresh ginger.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed
Verb
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These petite potatoes are boiled, then stir fried, tossed with a salty-sweet sauce and finished with sesame seeds, green onions and pepper flakes.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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In one incident, his attorney said, Egyptian forces with machine guns stormed into an apartment where Soliman was asleep with his wife and young child.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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As the controversy raged on, the couple remained boldly unrepentant.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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World leaders have pushed for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, which has raged for more than three years since Moscow’s February 2022 invasion.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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