steamed

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cooked with steam from boiling water: steamed dumplings.

Informal. angry: She's really steamed about what you said yesterday.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1800–05

But who wants to come home to snake venom and a bowl of steamed kale?
We Were Gwyneth’s GOOP Guinea Pigs|Erin Cunningham, Olivia Nuzzi|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The cafés were still full of people sitting on green Astroturf lawns, sipping tea that steamed at their lips.
The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi|Elliot Ackerman|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Users of the car-summoning app were steamed when nasty weather drove up prices.
Stop Whining About Uber’s Surge Pricing|Daniel Gross|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Russian chess master and opposition activist was steamed that the paper published Putin's op-ed.
Garry Kasparov Tees Off on Putin and ‘The New York Times’|Brian Ries|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Some conservatives, who have long viewed the Ohio congressman as a country-club Republican too eager to make deals, are steamed.
Boehner Blasted Over GOP Purge|Howard Kurtz|December 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
During the night we never steamed, the Amasis lying up while we enjoyed quiet rest in the quietest of lands.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Sometimes they cut spiral strips from the curving horns of a mountain sheep, and steamed them straight.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
He leaned back, smoking his cigar, patting the dog, and stirring the coffee that steamed in their chipped cups.
Summer|Edith Wharton
A United States transport just now steamed by, and the men on the guards cheered and waved to us.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
The battle had been fought and won, and the triumphant fleet steamed up the river to New Orleans.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various