Used in a Sentence

steam

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for steam.

Editorial note

Basically you can't buy or sell steam accounts - and if you are caught Valve will suspend the account.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of steam gathered in one view.

noun

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).

noun

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.

noun

Mist, fog.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for steam.

noun

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).

noun

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.

noun

Mist, fog.

noun

Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.

Example sentences

1

Basically you can't buy or sell steam accounts - and if you are caught Valve will suspend the account.

2

Or run air fans with your nuclear steam turbine to blow air across your wind turbines.

3

If the right people were to start contributing it could gather quite a lot of steam.

4

And it's not surprising that the Steam circus has some of the same ego issues.

5

Twitter may out of steam, but the days where being a machine fueled by runnaway hype IPO's are not going to go anywhere.

6

Well there is combined cycle[1] which does this with steam and gas turbines.

7

The way I see Google loosing steam is a massive change in the way people are consuming IT products.

8

Certain concepts come into vogue, become the rage, lose steam, are replaced by something else, then come back, become the rage, lose steam...

9

This is why I'm hoping Steam OS becomes a viable replacement for a desktop gaming machine in the future.

10

Can't you just put Steam in the equivalent of the startup folder?

11

I'm really hoping STeam OS becomes a viable desktop gaming OS (play most if not all PC games) at some point.

12

Reacts violently and/or explosively with water, steam or moisture.

Quote examples

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It'll start as "better on DirectX 12," there'll be a Crysisesque "DirectX 12 only" game that is the prettiest thing anyone has ever seen, everyone will move and the holdouts can keep playing old games off Steam and GOG if they don't like it.

Proper noun examples

1

Steam has a similar stipulation - and a lot of people are pissed about it.

2

Steam improved things a little, but it's still an oasis in the wasteland.

3

I've not used Win10 but all I do with Win7 is act as a bootloader for Steam.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use steam in a sentence?

Basically you can't buy or sell steam accounts - and if you are caught Valve will suspend the account.

What does steam mean?

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).

What part of speech is steam?

steam is commonly used as noun.