Asteam
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Giving off steam, water vapour or smoke. not-comparable
"1845, Hugh Miller, cited in Thomas Brown (ed.), Annals of the Disruption, Edinburgh: MacLaren & MacNiven, 1877, Part 2, p. 37, The rude turf building we found full from end to end, and all asteam with a particularly wet congregation, some of whom […] had travelled in the soaking drizzle from the further extremities of the island."
- 2 Covered with condensation. not-comparable
"Sara, her eyeglasses asteam, was stirring a big pot of quahog chowder."
Synonyms
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More examples"1845, Hugh Miller, cited in Thomas Brown (ed.), Annals of the Disruption, Edinburgh: MacLaren & MacNiven, 1877, Part 2, p. 37, The rude turf building we found full from end to end, and all asteam with a particularly wet congregation, some of whom […] had travelled in the soaking drizzle from the further extremities of the island."
Etymology
From a- + steam.
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