Thesaurus results for STEAMS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of steam

as in rages

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam

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steams

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noun

plural of steam

as in clouds

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Recent Examples of steams

Verb

As America steams headlong into November, working-class folks are still at loggerheads with its political class. — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 In a crockery pot, my father steams cauliflower, stirring it round and round. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 The kitchen steams between 1,500 and 1,800 of three varieties every night at Adams Morgan’s 11-year-old Afghan hot spot. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The series left Netflix at the end of June (A Year in the Life remains available there) and currently steams on Hulu and Prime Video. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 During that time, the steak essentially steams. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2026 This all comes as the legal fight over the audit steams ahead, over 15 months after 72% of the state signed off on the ballot measure. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 Mile End's Bohème Vintage stocks quality wool and denim, and steams them right behind the counter. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steams

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Neither Shaggy nor Kartel has made any new comments, but all eyes are on the two superstars as the debate rages on in their comment sections, with their fervent fan bases warring on their behalf.

— Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
But for now the war rages on, dividing some communities in Ukraine through Russian propaganda videos.

— Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of rages

Noun

Its clouds of gas and dust form a physical shape resembling an unopened, blooming rosebud, glowing rosy-pink from dust heated by these stars.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The Nobel committee said IceCube would take neutrino astronomy to a new level, providing information about cosmic phenomena that are hidden behind dust clouds and distant space objects such as black holes.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of clouds

Verb

California no longer burns or buys electricity generated by coal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
From there, Watkins takes Stacey into stranger territory, turning her personal crisis into a commentary on climate change and how people continue to carry on as the world burns.

— Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of burns

Verb

Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Like magic, upon the proclamation, arm lift, and beat drop, pouring rain storms down upon the audience.

— Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of storms

Verb

The frustration that seethes through the show is often born of the disappointment that a form as quicksilver and astounding as songwriting can be yoked to small-minded and propagandistic ends.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Tom Rhys Harries seethes as Matt Hagen, a pretty boy who loses his looks only to regain them from an experimental procedure that makes a jumble of his psyche.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of seethes

Verb

The farm has also increased the parking and extended the season to 30 weeks in hopes of giving fans a longer period to enjoy not only the cinnamon rolls but also shakes, jellies and baked goods.

— Connie Ogle October 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter shakes hands with Purdue Northwest students after swearing them in as interns with the High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

— Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026