steam

steam
steam [{{t}}sti:m]
1 noun
(a) (vapour) vapeur f; (condensation) buée f;
she wiped the steam from the mirror elle essuya la buée sur la glace
(b) {{}}Technology{{}} & {{}}Railways{{}} (as power) vapeur f;
to run on or to work by steam marcher à la vapeur;
at full steam à toute vapeur, à pleine vitesse;
full steam ahead! en avant toute!;
to do sth under one's own steam faire qch par ses propres moyens;
to get up or to pick up steam (vehicle) prendre de la vitesse; (campaign) être lancé;
the battle against drugs is finally picking up steam la lutte contre la drogue est enfin bien lancée;
{{}}familiar{{}} to let off steam se défouler;
{{}}familiar{{}} to run out of steam s'essouffler, s'épuiser
2 compound-forming noun
(boiler, locomotive etc) à vapeur
3 transitive verb
(a) (unstick with steam)
steam the stamps off the envelope passez l'enveloppe à la vapeur pour décoller les timbres;
to steam open an envelope décacheter une enveloppe à la vapeur
(b) {{}}Cookery{{}} (faire) cuire à la vapeur;
steamed vegetables légumes mpl (cuits) à la vapeur
4 intransitive verb
(a) (give off steam → soup, kettle, wet clothes) fumer
(b) (cook in steam) cuire à la vapeur
(c) (go → train, ship)
the train steamed into/out of the station le train entra en gare/quitta la gare;
the liner steamed into the harbour le paquebot entra dans le port;
cargo boats regularly steamed across the Atlantic des cargos à vapeur traversaient régulièrement l'Atlantique;
{{}}figurative{{}} my brother steamed on ahead mon frère filait devant;
{{}}figurative{{}} she steamed into/out of the room elle est entrée dans/sortie de la pièce comme une furie
►► steam bath bain m de vapeur;
steam coal charbon m à vapeur, houille f de chaudière;
steam cooking cuisson f à la vapeur;
steam engine {{}}Technology{{}} moteur m à vapeur; {{}}Railways{{}} locomotive f à vapeur;
steam heat chaleur f fournie par la vapeur;
steam iron fer m (à repasser) à vapeur;
{{}}Technology{{}} steam jacket enveloppe f de cylindre, chemise f de vapeur;
steam point point m d'ébullition;
steam power vapeur f;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}} steam radio (broadcasting) la bonne vieille radio (par opposition à la télévision); (set) poste m de radio antédiluvien;
{{}}American{{}} steam shovel bulldozer m;
steam turbine turbine f à vapeur;
steam whistle sifflet m à vapeur
steam up
1 intransitive verb
(window, glasses) s'embuer, se couvrir de buée
2 separable transitive verb
(a) (window, glasses) embuer
(b) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (infuriate)
to steam sb up mettre qn en pétard ou en boule

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