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

As America steams headlong into November, working-class folks are still at loggerheads with its political class. — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 In a crockery pot, my father steams cauliflower, stirring it round and round. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steams

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And as the war rages on some four years later, SpaceX’s terminals are once again making headlines.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026
Not surprisingly, the ballooning price of oil was the driving force behind the inflationary bump as the war in Iran rages on and energy exports remain tied up in the Strait of Hormuz.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of rages

Noun

Low clouds that developed overnight gradually lifted and scattered, allowing more sunshine and temperatures to climb into the lower 90s.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
The welcome sight of clouds brought me back to one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants, Pho Hue Oi in Redondo Beach.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of clouds

Verb

The frustration that seethes through the show is often born of the disappointment that a form as quicksilver and astounding as songwriting can be yoked to small-minded and propagandistic ends.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Tom Rhys Harries seethes as Matt Hagen, a pretty boy who loses his looks only to regain them from an experimental procedure that makes a jumble of his psyche.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of seethes

Verb

Near the epicenter, the agency estimated an intensity of VIII, classified as severe on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, which measures how strongly the ground shakes at individual locations.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Core Power protein shakes, sold under the Fairlife brand, will be available in banana and strawberry beginning in January, the first new flavors in almost a decade.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026