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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of steam.
  • adjective slang Angry, hot under the collar.

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  • adjective aroused to impatience or anger
  • adjective cooked in steam

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Examples

  • In the U.S. and, to a lesser extent Canada, Starbucks and its many imitators have done a good job of conditioning people to associate high quality — or, at the very least, a high price — with incinerated beans buried in steamed milk, but professional tasters have no interest in dark roasts, which taste like process, not product.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • In the U.S. and, to a lesser extent Canada, Starbucks and its many imitators have done a good job of conditioning people to associate high quality — or, at the very least, a high price — with incinerated beans buried in steamed milk, but professional tasters have no interest in dark roasts, which taste like process, not product.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • When the train steamed into the station, the band played a march.

    Herta Müller - Prose 2009

  • Toss in steamed broccoli, spoon over noodles and serve immediately.

    Dieting on a Dime recipe: Beef and Broccoli Stroganoff 2009

  • Tabla Chef de Cuisine Floyd Cardoz was on hand with several of his sous and commis serving a spicy Indian lamb dish in steamed banana leaves.

    Meatopia VI: Oy With The Lamb Already 2009

  • In the summer of 1962, RANDOLPH again steamed to the

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • The sandwich, which has a suggested retail price of $2.89, comes on plain steamed bun, with butter and two pickles its sole condiments.

    McDonalds Wants To Feed You Fried Chicken For Breakfast - The Consumerist 2008

  • We enjoyed it with crispy dosas, then with plain steamed rice, and it was tasty every which way.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Nupur 2007

  • This amti would be delicious with plain steamed rice, and is "sturdy" enough to be a good accompaniment to steamed brown rice.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007

  • Plain steamed rice is cooled and then mixed with beaten yogurt tempered with some spices.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Nupur 2006

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