steamed

English

Pronunciation

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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.

Derived terms

• steamed egg
• steamed eggs
• steamed pudding
• steamed up

 

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
• Turkish: buğulama (tr)

Angry, hot under the collar

• Portuguese: fumaçando

Verb

steamed

1. simple past and past participle of steam

Anagrams

• demates