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Synonyms steam synonyms
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Topics steam topics
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Conjugation steam conjugation
How do you conjugate steam?
steam · verb
Present I steam
Positive I steam
Singular
1st person I steam
2nd person you steam
3rd person he/she/it steams
Plural
1st person we steam
2nd person you steam
3rd person they steam
Negative I don't steam
Singular
1st person I don't steam I do not steam
2nd person you don't steam you do not steam
3rd person he/she/it doesn't steam he/she/it does not steam
Plural
1st person we don't steam we do not steam
2nd person you don't steam you do not steam
3rd person they don't steam they do not steam
Question do I steam?
Singular
1st person do I steam?
2nd person do you steam?
3rd person does he/she/it steam?
Plural
1st person do we steam?
2nd person do you steam?
3rd person do they steam?
Negative question don't I steam?
Singular
1st person don't I steam? do I not steam?
2nd person don't you steam? do you not steam?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it steam? does he/she/it not steam?
Plural
1st person don't we steam? do we not steam?
2nd person don't you steam? do you not steam?
3rd person don't they steam? do they not steam?
Past I steamed
Positive I steamed
Singular
1st person I steamed
2nd person you steamed
3rd person he/she/it steamed
Plural
1st person we steamed
2nd person you steamed
3rd person they steamed
Negative I didn't steam
Singular
1st person I didn't steam I did not steam
2nd person you didn't steam you did not steam
3rd person he/she/it didn't steam he/she/it did not steam
Plural
1st person we didn't steam we did not steam
2nd person you didn't steam you did not steam
3rd person they didn't steam they did not steam
Question did I steam?
Singular
1st person did I steam?
2nd person did you steam?
3rd person did he/she/it steam?
Plural
1st person did we steam?
2nd person did you steam?
3rd person did they steam?
Negative question didn't I steam?
Singular
1st person didn't I steam? did I not steam?
2nd person didn't you steam? did you not steam?
3rd person didn't he/she/it steam? did he/she/it not steam?
Plural
1st person didn't we steam? did we not steam?
2nd person didn't you steam? did you not steam?
3rd person didn't they steam? did they not steam?
Future I'll steam
Positive I'll steam
Singular
1st person I'll steam I will steam
2nd person you'll steam you will steam
3rd person he/she/it'll steam he/she/it will steam
Plural
1st person we'll steam we will steam
2nd person you'll steam you will steam
3rd person they'll steam they will steam
Negative I won't steam
Singular
1st person I won't steam I will not steam
2nd person you won't steam you will not steam
3rd person he/she/it won't steam he/she/it will not steam
Plural
1st person we won't steam we will not steam
2nd person you won't steam you will not steam
3rd person they won't steam they will not steam
Question will I steam?
Singular
1st person will I steam?
2nd person will you steam?
3rd person will he/she/it steam?
Plural
1st person will we steam?
2nd person will you steam?
3rd person will they steam?
Negative question won't I steam?
Singular
1st person won't I steam? will I not steam?
2nd person won't you steam? will you not steam?
3rd person won't he/she/it steam? will he/she/it not steam?
Plural
1st person won't we steam? will we not steam?
2nd person won't you steam? will you not steam?
3rd person won't they steam? will they not steam?
Conditional I'd steam
Positive I'd steam
Singular
1st person I'd steam I would steam
2nd person you'd steam you would steam
3rd person he/she/it'd steam he/she/it would steam
Plural
1st person we'd steam we would steam
2nd person you'd steam you would steam
3rd person they'd steam they would steam
Negative I wouldn't steam
Singular
1st person I wouldn't steam I would not steam
2nd person you wouldn't steam you would not steam
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't steam he/she/it would not steam
Plural
1st person we wouldn't steam we would not steam
2nd person you wouldn't steam you would not steam
3rd person they wouldn't steam they would not steam
Question would I steam?
Singular
1st person would I steam?
2nd person would you steam?
3rd person would he/she/it steam?
Plural
1st person would we steam?
2nd person would you steam?
3rd person would they steam?
Negative question wouldn't I steam?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I steam? would I not steam?
2nd person wouldn't you steam? would you not steam?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it steam? would he/she/it not steam?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we steam? would we not steam?
2nd person wouldn't you steam? would you not steam?
3rd person wouldn't they steam? would they not steam?
Present continuous I'm steaming
Positive I'm steaming
Singular
1st person I'm steaming I am steaming
2nd person you're steaming you are steaming
3rd person he/she/it's steaming he/she/it is steaming
Plural
1st person we're steaming we are steaming
2nd person you're steaming you are steaming
3rd person they're steaming they are steaming
Negative I'm not steaming
Singular
1st person I'm not steaming I am not steaming
2nd person you aren't steaming you're not steaming you are not steaming
3rd person he/she/it isn't steaming he/she/it's not steaming he/she/it is not steaming
Plural
1st person we aren't steaming we're not steaming we are not steaming
2nd person you aren't steaming you're not steaming you are not steaming
3rd person they aren't steaming they're not steaming they are not steaming
Question am I steaming?
Singular
1st person am I steaming?
2nd person are you steaming?
3rd person is he/she/it steaming?
Plural
1st person are we steaming?
2nd person are you steaming?
3rd person are they steaming?
Negative question aren't I steaming?
Singular
1st person aren't I steaming? am I not steaming?
2nd person aren't you steaming? are you not steaming?
3rd person isn't he/she/it steaming? is he/she/it not steaming?
Plural
1st person aren't we steaming? are we not steaming?
2nd person aren't you steaming? are you not steaming?
3rd person aren't they steaming? are they not steaming?
Past continuous I was steaming
Positive I was steaming
Singular
1st person I was steaming
2nd person you were steaming
3rd person he/she/it was steaming
Plural
1st person we were steaming
2nd person you were steaming
3rd person they were steaming
Negative I wasn't steaming
Singular
1st person I wasn't steaming I was not steaming
2nd person you weren't steaming you were not steaming
3rd person he/she/it wasn't steaming he/she/it was not steaming
Plural
1st person we weren't steaming we were not steaming
2nd person you weren't steaming you were not steaming
3rd person they weren't steaming they were not steaming
Question was I steaming?
Singular
1st person was I steaming?
2nd person were you steaming?
3rd person was he/she/it steaming?
Plural
1st person were we steaming?
2nd person were you steaming?
3rd person were they steaming?
Negative question wasn't I steaming?
Singular
1st person wasn't I steaming? was I not steaming?
2nd person weren't you steaming? were you not steaming?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it steaming? was he/she/it not steaming?
Plural
1st person weren't we steaming? were we not steaming?
2nd person weren't you steaming? were you not steaming?
3rd person weren't they steaming? were they not steaming?
Future continuous I'll be steaming
Positive I'll be steaming
Singular
1st person I'll be steaming I will be steaming
2nd person you'll be steaming you will be steaming
3rd person he/she/it'll be steaming he/she/it will be steaming
Plural
1st person we'll be steaming we will be steaming
2nd person you'll be steaming you will be steaming
3rd person they'll be steaming they will be steaming
Negative I won't be steaming
Singular
1st person I won't be steaming I will not be steaming
2nd person you won't be steaming you will not be steaming
3rd person he/she/it won't be steaming he/she/it will not be steaming
Plural
1st person we won't be steaming we will not be steaming
2nd person you won't be steaming you will not be steaming
3rd person they won't be steaming they will not be steaming
Question will I be steaming?
Singular
1st person will I be steaming?
2nd person will you be steaming?
3rd person will he/she/it be steaming?
Plural
1st person will we be steaming?
2nd person will you be steaming?
3rd person will they be steaming?
Negative question won't I be steaming?
Singular
1st person won't I be steaming? will I not be steaming?
2nd person won't you be steaming? will you not be steaming?
3rd person won't he/she/it be steaming? will he/she/it not be steaming?
Plural
1st person won't we be steaming? will we not be steaming?
2nd person won't you be steaming? will you not be steaming?
3rd person won't they be steaming? will they not be steaming?
Conditional continuous I'd be steaming
Positive I'd be steaming
Singular
1st person I'd be steaming I would be steaming
2nd person you'd be steaming you would be steaming
3rd person he/she/it'd be steaming he/she/it would be steaming
Plural
1st person we'd be steaming we would be steaming
2nd person you'd be steaming you would be steaming
3rd person they'd be steaming they would be steaming
Negative I wouldn't be steaming
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be steaming I would not be steaming
2nd person you wouldn't be steaming you would not be steaming
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be steaming he/she/it would not be steaming
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be steaming we would not be steaming
2nd person you wouldn't be steaming you would not be steaming
3rd person they wouldn't be steaming they would not be steaming
Question would I be steaming?
Singular
1st person would I be steaming?
2nd person would you be steaming?
3rd person would he/she/it be steaming?
Plural
1st person would we be steaming?
2nd person would you be steaming?
3rd person would they be steaming?
Negative question wouldn't I be steaming?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be steaming? would I not be steaming?
2nd person wouldn't you be steaming? would you not be steaming?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be steaming? would he/she/it not be steaming?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be steaming? would we not be steaming?
2nd person wouldn't you be steaming? would you not be steaming?
3rd person wouldn't they be steaming? would they not be steaming?
Present perfect I've steamed
Positive I've steamed
Singular
1st person I've steamed I have steamed
2nd person you've steamed you have steamed
3rd person he/she/it's steamed he/she/it has steamed
Plural
1st person we've steamed we have steamed
2nd person you've steamed you have steamed
3rd person they've steamed they have steamed
Negative I haven't steamed
Singular
1st person I haven't steamed I have not steamed
2nd person you haven't steamed you have not steamed
3rd person he/she/it hasn't steamed he/she/it has not steamed
Plural
1st person we haven't steamed we have not steamed
2nd person you haven't steamed you have not steamed
3rd person they haven't steamed they have not steamed
Question have I steamed?
Singular
1st person have I steamed?
2nd person have you steamed?
3rd person has he/she/it steamed?
Plural
1st person have we steamed?
2nd person have you steamed?
3rd person have they steamed?
Negative question haven't I steamed?
Singular
1st person haven't I steamed? have I not steamed?
2nd person haven't you steamed? have you not steamed?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it steamed? has he/she/it not steamed?
Plural
1st person haven't we steamed? have we not steamed?
2nd person haven't you steamed? have you not steamed?
3rd person haven't they steamed? have they not steamed?
Past perfect I had steamed
Positive I had steamed
Singular
1st person I had steamed
2nd person you had steamed
3rd person he/she/it had steamed
Plural
1st person we had steamed
2nd person you had steamed
3rd person they had steamed
Negative I hadn't steamed
Singular
1st person I hadn't steamed I had not steamed
2nd person you hadn't steamed you had not steamed
3rd person he/she/it hadn't steamed he/she/it had not steamed
Plural
1st person we hadn't steamed we had not steamed
2nd person you hadn't steamed you had not steamed
3rd person they hadn't steamed they had not steamed
Question had I steamed?
Singular
1st person had I steamed?
2nd person had you steamed?
3rd person had he/she/it steamed?
Plural
1st person had we steamed?
2nd person had you steamed?
3rd person had they steamed?
Negative question hadn't I steamed?
Singular
1st person hadn't I steamed? had I not steamed?
2nd person hadn't you steamed? had you not steamed?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it steamed? had he/she/it not steamed?
Plural
1st person hadn't we steamed? had we not steamed?
2nd person hadn't you steamed? had you not steamed?
3rd person hadn't they steamed? had they not steamed?
Future perfect I'll have steamed
Positive I'll have steamed
Singular
1st person I'll have steamed I will have steamed
2nd person you'll have steamed you will have steamed
3rd person he/she/it'll have steamed he/she/it will have steamed
Plural
1st person we'll have steamed we will have steamed
2nd person you'll have steamed you will have steamed
3rd person they'll have steamed they will have steamed
Negative I won't have steamed
Singular
1st person I won't have steamed I will not have steamed
2nd person you won't have steamed you will not have steamed
3rd person he/she/it won't have steamed he/she/it will not have steamed
Plural
1st person we won't have steamed we will not have steamed
2nd person you won't have steamed you will not have steamed
3rd person they won't have steamed they will not have steamed
Question +'ll I have steamed?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have steamed? will I have steamed?
2nd person +'ll you have steamed? will you have steamed?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have steamed? will he/she/it have steamed?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have steamed? will we have steamed?
2nd person +'ll you have steamed? will you have steamed?
3rd person +'ll they have steamed? will they have steamed?
Negative question won't I have steamed?
Singular
1st person won't I have steamed? will I not have steamed?
2nd person won't you have steamed? will you not have steamed?
3rd person won't he/she/it have steamed? will he/she/it not have steamed?
Plural
1st person won't we have steamed? will we not have steamed?
2nd person won't you have steamed? will you not have steamed?
3rd person won't they have steamed? will they not have steamed?
Conditional perfect I'd have steamed
Positive I'd have steamed
Singular
1st person I'd have steamed I would have steamed
2nd person you'd have steamed you would have steamed
3rd person he/she/it'd have steamed he/she/it would have steamed
Plural
1st person we'd have steamed we would have steamed
2nd person you'd have steamed you would have steamed
3rd person they'd have steamed they would have steamed
Negative I wouldn't have steamed
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have steamed I would not have steamed
2nd person you wouldn't have steamed you would not have steamed
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have steamed he/she/it would not have steamed
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have steamed we would not have steamed
2nd person you wouldn't have steamed you would not have steamed
3rd person they wouldn't have steamed they would not have steamed
Question would I have steamed?
Singular
1st person would I have steamed?
2nd person would you have steamed?
3rd person would he/she/it have steamed?
Plural
1st person would we have steamed?
2nd person would you have steamed?
3rd person would they have steamed?
Negative question wouldn't I have steamed?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have steamed? would I not have steamed?
2nd person wouldn't you have steamed? would you not have steamed?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have steamed? would he/she/it not have steamed?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have steamed? would we not have steamed?
2nd person wouldn't you have steamed? would you not have steamed?
3rd person wouldn't they have steamed? would they not have steamed?
Imperative steam!
Positive
you steam!
we let's steam!
Negative
you don't steam!
we let's not steam!
Examples steam examples
How do I use steam in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I was just blowing off steam.
That will let you blow off steam.
The engine is driven by steam.
It's very important to know how to let off steam, living in this world.
The steam has fogged my glasses.
Steam boilers may explode.
Steam trains were replaced by electric trains.
Water changes into steam.
When converting 1 mole of ice into water, and 1 mole of water into steam, which requires more energy?
The steam train abruptly stopped.
Tom needs to let off some steam.
The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.
I must let off steam.
Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.
A steam engine transforms heat into power.
Steam locomotives run less smoothly than electric trains.
Water turns into steam when it is boiled.
Heat turns water into steam.
He succeeded in applying steam to navigation.
No steam breaks bones.
The steam ship has gone out of sight.
Recently, there have been signs that the economy is picking up steam.
Movie subtitles
Go and let off some steam.
May I suggest getting your entire house steam-cleaned?
May I ask how your steam is hissing?
Gus, will you look in the steam room and see if my frankfurters are done?
You came here on a steamer. The steam brought you here.
My eyes won't stand light. See how acid is the steam?
Now wait a minute, I know you've got a hangover, and you're nervous about the show, and you've got to let off steam on somebody but please, don't say anything we might both regret.
Nothing but clouds of steam, boiling seas and exploding volcanoes.
Then after a while I opened my door a crack, and there he was still coming along with you, puffing like a steam engine.
And suppose you get up a little steam. get back to town and do some work.
Tugboat Annie's back again with a full head of steam.
Bock beer, lager beer or steam beer.
Come on, get me a steam-heated cab with a slow meter.
One is to command the Southern Cross, a steam.
Full steam ahead!
Well have steam up in five minutes.
Remember the Russian steam-roller?
Now you're running out of steam.
We're running on steam!
That's what a steam engine looks like, a coffeepot on wheels.
Let her blow off her steam.
Steam.
It was as hot as a hot dog, and Frankie's team looked like they were running out of steam.
Off you go now, lads. Go and let off some steam.
Moore leads with a left to the head, not much steam behind his punches.
What's he wanna go ahead and blow a lot of steam off for?
Van, I've got a brand new kind of a steam cabinet some fellow in Belgium invented, and I tell you, I'm like a kid with a toy.
You know, I haven't had a good steam bath in a year.
Well, it's probably this new steam bath.
The ones in there are out of steam, but you will do it.
Now you're running out of steam. -You shouldn't think you can still rely on your beloved police.
You've gone and let all the steam out.
You're letting all the steam out!
Let her go! Full steam ahead!
In my short career I've had success as a schoolmaster, a salesman of perfumes.. Steam locomotives.. political editor of a newspaper. Why go on?
News and current affairs
A technological breakthrough - the steam engine, computers, the Internet - may play a leading role.
Indeed, growth in earnings and profits is now running out of steam, as the effect of weak demand on top-line revenues takes a toll on bottom-line margins and profitability.
This date also happens to coincide with James Watt's design of the steam engine in 1784.
I find it intriguing to go back almost 200 years and consider Britain's political economy when the First Industrial Revolution was gathering steam.
Its growth model, based largely on exporting cheap manufactured goods to developed countries, is running out of steam.
After all, popular protests have failed to gather steam; Bashar al-Assad's regime has held firm in Syria; and Egypt, with neither a constitution nor a parliament, has apparently veered from democracy, if not descended into chaos.
Thus, the Japanese economy's potential annual growth rate slowed by roughly an additional two percentage points at the beginning of the 1990's, as the post-WWII development model lost its steam.
The nations of WANA missed the first industrial revolution based on coal and the steam engine, and then the second industrial revolution based on oil and the internal combustion engine.
First, and most obviously, the supposed turn to the left is running out of steam, fast.
The more we steam headlong into the future, the more we amalgamate the data and detritus of the past and place it irrevocably into the present.
As the Agricultural Age faded, a whole new vocabulary was invented, and the world became familiar with terms like steam pressure, revolutions per minute, and assembly lines.
Experience tells us that if you don't let the steam out of a pot, the pot will explode.
COPENHAGEN: Worrying signs are mounting that the European Union's enlargement process is losing steam.
In total, he spent 80 hours waiting or driving, averaging just ten kilometers per hour - an unenviable pace even before the advent of the steam engine.
In the earliest days of the automobile in the late nineteenth century, many kinds of cars competed with each other - steam, battery, and internal combustion engine (ICE).
Turkey's initiatives have lost steam, and the United States and its European allies are merely going through the diplomatic motions; in practice, their efforts imply little serious impact on the regime.
Cities also give rise to the opportunity to combine public utilities, as when urban power plants use the steam released in electricity generation to provide hot water and heating to residents.
Unfortunately, the recovery is liable to run out of steam, and may even be followed by a second economic downturn, though I am not sure whether it will occur in 2010 or 2011.
Or maybe it was the industrial revolution of the eighteenth century in Britain - the steam engine, the forge, and the cotton mill - that set the train of progress in motion.
Should the world steam head-on into another Kyoto Protocol-style agreement?
There does not appear to be any alarmingly maximalist, monolithic position, embraced by the entire government and Communist Party, on which China is determined to steam ahead.
But conventional geothermal power requires a natural source of large quantities of steam or hot water, and such sources are usually found only in volcanic regions, which rules out its use in large parts of the world.
The Indian army is using solar steam cooking in Ladakh to cook for the 500 jawans (young army recruits) stationed there, and so is the Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra.