steam
Betekenis (Engels)
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- The vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase.
- The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air
- The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- Pent-up anger.
- A steam-powered vehicle.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- (obsolete) Any exhalation.
- Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
Concepten
Synoniemen
steam clean
emit smoke
give off smoke
cook by steaming
be sultry
not clear
be steamed
evapour
aqueous vapour
grow fat
hot weather
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/stiːm/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).
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