Thesaurus results for STEAMS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of steam

as in rages

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam

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steams

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noun

plural of steam

as in clouds

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Recent Examples of steams

Verb

The kitchen steams between 1,500 and 1,800 of three varieties every night at Adams Morgan’s 11-year-old Afghan hot spot. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The series left Netflix at the end of June (A Year in the Life remains available there) and currently steams on Hulu and Prime Video. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 During that time, the steak essentially steams. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2026 This all comes as the legal fight over the audit steams ahead, over 15 months after 72% of the state signed off on the ballot measure. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 Mile End's Bohème Vintage stocks quality wool and denim, and steams them right behind the counter. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026 Nothing steams football fans quite like NBC Sports broadcaster Cris Collinsworth praising Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026 Then, Lim steams the breastmilk in an espresso machine before adding the matcha into the drink. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steams

Verb

As the new school year begins, the debate over digital versus analog learning rages on, while more school districts reconsider the role of devices in the classroom.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
So long as the conflict there rages, fueling inflation thanks to higher energy prices, that will further drive up yields, according to Adam Phillips, managing director of investments at EP Wealth Advisors.

— Sean Conlon, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rages

Noun

Seeing an astronaut like Adenot clinging to the space station with the clouds and blue oceans of Earth below puts things into perspective.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The region is getting an unusually hot start to September due to a strong area of high pressure that has built over the region, helping suppress clouds and rain and allowing temperatures to climb.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of clouds

Verb

Impossibly juicy to its core, the chicken is served with a clever tofu-mustard sauce that’s tangy, savory, and smooth (not unlike ranch but also definitely not ranch) and a winning, aromatic jiao chili sauce that burns with a sweet heat.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
When applied to weeds, vinegar burns the leaves and foliage but not the root system.

— Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of burns

Verb

But Danny and Ricky aren’t falling for Russ’ carefree act, and Ricky, unable to take any more of his lies, storms out.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Mars storms the Official Streaming chart with five titles, while one of his most successful collaborations becomes a bestseller again on multiple rosters.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of storms

Verb

In the very human-scale role of Chef, all that glamour and pageantry seethes just beneath the skin.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
As Seth seethes about his separation from his home country (and the family fortune), Arias interweaves a backstory involving assassination, undisclosed parentage and (as the title suggests) the perilous creatures slithering across the landscape.

— Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026