steam
noun
[ stiːm ]
• the vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air.
• "a cloud of steam"
Similar:
water vapour,
condensation,
mist,
haze,
fog,
exhalation,
moisture,
dampness,
fume,
smoke,
steam
verb
• give off or produce steam.
• "a mug of coffee was steaming at her elbow"
• cook (food) by heating it in steam from boiling water.
• "steam the vegetables until just tender"
• (of a ship or train) travel somewhere under steam power.
• "the 11.54 steamed into the station"
• be or become extremely agitated or angry.
• "you got all steamed up over nothing!"
Similar:
become agitated,
get worked up,
get overwrought,
get flustered,
panic,
become panic-stricken,
get het up,
get into a state,
get into a tizzy,
get uptight,
get into a stew,
get the willies,
get the heebie-jeebies,
go into a flat spin,
have kittens,
have an attack of the wobblies,
become very angry,
become enraged,
go into a rage,
lose one's temper,
go/get mad,
go crazy,
go wild,
see red,
go bananas,
hit the roof,
go through the roof,
go up the wall,
go off the deep end,
fly off the handle,
blow one's top,
blow a fuse/gasket,
lose one's rag,
go ape,
flip,
flip one's lid,
go non-linear,
go ballistic,
go psycho,
go crackers,
go spare,
do one's nut,
flip one's wig,
blow one's lid/stack,
go apeshit,
Opposite:
calm down,
Origin:
Old English stēam ‘vapour’, stēman ‘emit a scent, be exhaled’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoom ‘steam’.
in steam
• (of a steam locomotive) ready for work, with steam in the boiler.
• "both of the engines were recently in steam"
