steam

sti:m 1. noun

1) (a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid: Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; (also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.) vanndamp

2) (power or energy obtained from this: The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; (also adjective) steam power, steam engines.) damp(kraft)

2. verb

1) (to give out steam: A kettle was steaming on the stove.) dampe

2) ((of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam: The ship steamed across the bay.) stime (av gårde), dampe

3) (to cook by steam: The pudding should be steamed for four hours.) dampkoke

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- steam-

- steamer
- steamy
- steamboat
- steamship
- steam engine
- steam roller
- full steam ahead
- get steamed up
- get up steam
- let off steam
- run out of steam
- steam up
- under one's own steam

damp

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subst. \/stiːm\/

1) damp

2) (overført) fart, kraft, energi

• full steam ahead!

full fart forover!

3) dugg

• there was steam on the windows

det var dugg på vinduene

4) dunst, utdunsting, os

5) dampskip, damplokomotiv, dampdrift

at full steam eller with all the steam on for full maskin, i full fart

get up steam (også overført) få opp dampen

let\/blow off steam slippe ut damp (hverdagslig) avreagere, lette på trykket, få utløp for sine følelser

raise steam øke damptrykket

run out of steam miste orken\/farten

under one's own steam for egen maskin på egen hånd

work off steam få utløp for sin energi\/sine følelser\/sitt sinne, avreagere

II

verb \/stiːm\/

1) dampe, sende ut damp, behandle med damp

• she was so curious she had to steam his letter open

hun var så nysgjerrig at hun måtte dampe opp brevet hans

• the train steamed into the station

toget dampet inn på stasjonen

2) dugge

3) (overført) koke, ose

• she was steaming with indignation

hun oste av indignasjon

4) (matlaging) dampkoke

be steamed up eller get steamed up være opphisset, være sint

• he gets steamed up about nothing

han hisser seg opp for ingenting

steam along\/ahead\/away dampe i vei, holde god fart, gå raskt fremover

steam up bli dugget, gjøre dugget

• the windows were steaming up

vinduene i bilen ble duggete

(overført) sette fart på

• this will steam up the economy

dette vil sette fart på økonomien