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steam
English
Etymology
From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English st?am (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ew- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin f?mus (“smoke, steam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?m/
Noun
steam (usually uncountable, plural steams)
- The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- The act of cooking by steaming
- (figuratively) Internal energy for motive power.
- 1927, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Ladies and Gentlemen (page 129)
- Them that puts the most steam into it will get a finnuf slipped to 'em.
- 1927, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Ladies and Gentlemen (page 129)
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- A steam-powered vehicle.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- (obsolete) Any exhalation.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
Synonyms
- (a steam-powered vehicle): steamer
Antonyms
- (fencing): electric
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
steam (third-person singular simple present steams, present participle steaming, simple past and past participle steamed)
- (cooking, transitive) To cook with steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, / O're his warm blood, that steams into the air.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Unsuccessfulness of Experiments
- the dissolved amber was plainly discernable swimming like a thin film upon the surface of the liquor, whence, little by little, it steamed away into the air.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Unsuccessfulness of Experiments
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive) To be covered with condensed water vapor.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (obsolete) To exhale.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cook
Derived terms
- asteam
- steamer
- steaming
- steam up
Translations
Adjective
steam (not comparable)
- Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.
Anagrams
- AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, metas, satem, stame, tames, teams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *staumaz, compare also Dutch stoom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stæ???m/
Noun
st?am m
- steam (water vapor)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.
Noun
steam c (no plural)
- steam
- Synonym: stoom
Further reading
- “stoom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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mangle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Etymology 1
From Middle English mangelen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.
Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.
Verb
mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)
- (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
- c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
- when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
- c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
- (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mangel, from late Middle High German mangel, enhanced form of mange, originally “mangonel”, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum. Doublet of mangonel. Cognate with German Mangel, Dutch mangel, both “mangle”.
Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
- A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
- The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
Derived terms
- put through the mangle
Translations
Verb
mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)
- (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
Translations
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mangle (plural mangles)
- mangrove (tree)
Anagrams
- Gelman, leg man, legman, lemang, mangel
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish mangle.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ma?.?l?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ma?.?le/
Noun
mangle m (plural mangles)
- mangrove
Danish
Etymology
From German mangeln (“to lack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /man?l?/, [?m??l?]
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl, infinitive at mangle, present tense mangler, past tense manglede, perfect tense er/har manglet)
- lack
- want
- need
- be missing
- be lacking
- be absent
German
Verb
mangle
- inflection of mangeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German mangeln
Pronunciation
Verb
mangle (imperative mangl or mangle, present tense mangler, simple past and past participle mangla or manglet, present participle manglende)
- to lack (something)
Related terms
- mangel
References
- “mangle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From Galibi Carib or Taíno/Arawak.
Noun
mangle m (plural mangles)
- mangrove
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