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steaming

steaming

2.6
Hot and making a visible mist of water
  • adjective
  • /ˈstiːmɪŋ/
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  • A steaming cup of tea sat on the table, ready to be enjoyed.

Squat naked beside a steaming bucket, hold a small cloth and Trinidad one, says Claude.

Examples

  • Her coffee cup is steaming, his is stone cold, perhaps suggesting he has been waiting a while for her.

  • THE CITY PROVIDES A GOURMET HOT DOG FROM NATHAN'S, AND A CUP OF STEAMING BLACK COFFEE.

    Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

  • They were little things inside little little trays for steaming meat and cheese.

  • While that's steaming, I'm going to cut up our main source of protein, tofu.

  • It's a multi stage steaming pot for making steamed cheeseburgers at home.

  • The steaming bowl of soup filled the room with a warm, inviting aroma.

  • She watched the steaming vegetables as they cooked on the stove.

Synonyms

steamy
vssteaming
9 3.2

Full of steam or covered in mist

has identical meaning but uses a different adjective ending

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Steamy

steaming
2.6
misty
35 1.4
humid
45 1.0
moist
105 1.0
damp
113 1.0

Surface Forms

steaming positive

Morphology

steaming = steam (transparent) = steam + ing

Direct deverbal adjective formed from 'steam' with the productive English suffix '-ing' indicating filled with or emitting steam.

Etymology

The word steaming comes from the simple word steam, which means 'vapour' or hot air from boiling water. So something steaming is giving off that hot 'vapour' and is very hot and wet, like a steaming mug or towels.