steamed

[ steemd ]

adjective

1. cooked with steam from boiling water:

   steamed dumplings.

2. Informal. angry:

   She's really steamed about what you said yesterday.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steamed¹

First recorded in 1800–05

Example Sentences

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From Popular-Science

This is a type of shower I haven’t experienced—and don’t intend to, as the closest I’ll ever come to field-dressing an animal is eating a steamed lobster—but I find it compelling nonetheless.

From Outside Online

After it’s steamed, sizzling fish is topped with thread-cut pieces of ginger and scallions and then a splash of soy sauce.

From Washington Post

Shrimp steamed in lemon and onions are hit with the same delicious spices as the steamed crabs.

From Washington Post

Disneyland reopened in California, Major League Baseball fans replaced cardboard cutouts in stadiums, Delta is booking middle seats again and all I could think about in April was where I might eat my first steamed Maryland crab of the season.

From Washington Post

But who wants to come home to snake venom and a bowl of steamed kale?

From The Daily Beast

The cafés were still full of people sitting on green Astroturf lawns, sipping tea that steamed at their lips.

From The Daily Beast

Users of the car-summoning app were steamed when nasty weather drove up prices.

From The Daily Beast

The Russian chess master and opposition activist was steamed that the paper published Putin's op-ed.

From The Daily Beast

Some conservatives, who have long viewed the Ohio congressman as a country-club Republican too eager to make deals, are steamed.

From The Daily Beast

During the night we never steamed, the Amasis lying up while we enjoyed quiet rest in the quietest of lands.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes they cut spiral strips from the curving horns of a mountain sheep, and steamed them straight.

From Project Gutenberg

He leaned back, smoking his cigar, patting the dog, and stirring the coffee that steamed in their chipped cups.

From Project Gutenberg

A United States transport just now steamed by, and the men on the guards cheered and waved to us.

From Project Gutenberg

The battle had been fought and won, and the triumphant fleet steamed up the river to New Orleans.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• enraged
• fierce
• frantic
• frenetic
• frenzied
• incensed
• livid
• raging
• vehement
• violent