steam

1. steam (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).

2. steam (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.: Mist, fog.

3. steam (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.: Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.

4. steam (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To cook with steam.

Example: The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.

5. steam (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To be cooked with steam.

Example: The artichokes are steaming in the pot.

6. steam (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.

Example: to steam wood or cloth

7. steam (adj) — sense 7

Definition: Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

Example: Tom Earle, a CBC radio veteran now compiling audio archives in Ottawa, used to refer to the medium in which he worked as "steam radio"