as in rages
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 steams
Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
At its heart sits Viti, a striking blue crater lake that steams invitingly in contrast to the stark black landscape.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Noun
The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
At its heart sits Viti, a striking blue crater lake that steams invitingly in contrast to the stark black landscape.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steams
Verb
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Of course, the Tilly Norwood debate rages on in Hollywood.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Or to be safe and dry as a storm rages outside?—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At times, the clouds show bright white, highlighted by the sun.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Chasing the hurricane The aircraft entered the eye of the storm from the southeast shortly after sunrise, passing through thick gray clouds with limited visibility.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gretchen is just as bad as Tamra, two boils on the same hairy ass.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Once sugar is dissolved, cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture boils.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Solar and wind power are growing fast and account for most of China’s clean electricity, but the country also burns enormous amounts of coal to supply power when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Set after the attacks of October 7, Y (played with slapstick elasticity by poet and playwright Ariel Bronz) pimps himself out for wild, debaucherous parties while the world burns.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But as Polarity storms through the door, sending shockwaves through the room, Marie is freed from Godolkin’s grasp.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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After a beat, Eilish is seen yanking herself away and storms off, surrounded by security with an angry scowl on her face.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Occasional use of those protein powders isn’t as concerning as a person making protein shakes three times a day.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Today, Braum’s sells hamburgers, sundaes, banana splits, malts, shakes.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When the temperature reaches 350°F (or when a bit of batter dropped into the oil floats and sizzles), working in batches, drop heaped tablespoonfuls of batter into the oil.—
Romy Gill,
Saveur,
22 Oct. 2025
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Bolstered by horns, passionate guitar work from Brandon Hood, Tom Bukovac and Kris Donegan, as well as twinkling piano, this song sizzles with a sultry energy, while also showcasing Myers’s continually maturing sense of songcraft.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Steams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steams. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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