steamed

steam

1. verb, informal To be or become angry. I was steaming for nearly an hour over what happened in the meeting. She just needs to steam for a while. She'll be back once she's had a chance to calm down.
2. noun, informal Energy, motivation, or resolve. We're going to have to get some steam up if we want to win this game! I started writing a book last summer, but I ran out of steam about halfway through.

steam (someone or something)

1. To cause someone to become angry. Boy, her email really steams me! How dare she talk to us like that?
2. To use steam to cook something. I just have to finish steaming the veggies, then we can eat. How long do you think it will take for them to steam the dumplings?
3. To use steam to remove something from something else. A: "Do you think this dress will be OK once I steam it?" B: "I don't know, it's pretty wrinkled." You have to steam these seals off if you don't want to damage the paper underneath.
See also: steam
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

steamed (up)

 
1. angry. Now, now, don't get so steamed up! She is really massively steamed.
2. Sl. intoxicated and fighting. He was really steamed—and could hardly stand up. By midnight, Larry was too steamed to drive home, and he had to spend the night.
See also: steam
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

steamed

verb
See steamed up
See also: steam
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • check out
  • check out, to
  • check something out
  • checkout
  • black out
  • blacking
  • cross over
  • face off
  • face-off
  • answer to
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In this treatment, the EMC of steamed wood is lower than unsteamed wood material due to the effect of high temperatures applied in the steaming (Kollman and Schneider 1964).
Although heartwood of beech is wider in aged trees, it is narrower (proportion 20% to 25%) in young trees; sapwood of steamed beech is more attractive than heartwood in making solid wood products because of its pretty color.
The effect of steaming on equilibrium moisture content in beech wood (Fagus orientalis Lipsky)
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If the jet is deeply submerged, the milk is steamed. If the jet is just under the surface, the milk is foamed.
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Three matched series of 2400- by 100- by 40-mm radiata pine lumber were dried at 140[degrees]C with one series being final steamed at 100[degrees]C atmospheric pressure, and the other two under pressure at 150[degrees]C for 0.25 and 0.7 hour on setpoint, respectively.
EFFECT OF PRESSURE STEAMING ON TWIST AND STABILITY OF RADIATA PINE LUMBER