steamed
Because it is a word with a single syllable, steamed is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofsteamed
- To cook with steam.
Example: "The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them."
- To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
Example: "to steam wood or cloth"
- To produce or vent steam.
- To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
Example: "Our breath steamed in the cold winter air."
- To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- To make angry.
Example: "It really steams me to see her treat him like that."
- To be covered with condensed water vapor.
Example: "With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car."
- To travel by means of steam power.
Example: "The ship steamed out of the harbour"
- To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
Example: "If he heard of anyone picking the fruit he would steam off and lecture them."
- To exhale.
- Cooked by steaming.
- Angry, hot under the collar.
Example: "He was steamed that the car cut him off. It took almost half an hour for him to calm down."
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