Steaming vs. Steamy — What's the Difference?

Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok.

Filled with or emitting steam

Hot water vapor produced especially by boiling liquid water.

Hot and humid; muggy

Hot, pressurized water vapor used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical power.

Erotic

Power generated by the expansion of boiling water as it turns to vapor

Warm and humid; full of steam.

Steam heating.

Resembling or characteristic of steam.

Condensed water vapor in the form of a mist or cloud

(slang) Erotic.

Power; energy

Consisting of, or resembling, steam; vaporous; misty.

To produce or emit steam

Emitting steam; full of steam.

To become or rise up as steam

Erotic; consisting of or depicting passionate sexual activity; as, a steamy love affair; the steamy scenes were cut from the film to avoid an X rating.

To become misted or covered with steam

Hot or warm and humid;

To move by means of steam power.

(Informal) To become very angry; fume.

To expose to steam, as in cooking.

To cover or mist with steam

(Informal) To make angry

The action of steam on something.

The method of cooking by immersion in steam.

A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see Steaming (crime).

Relating to the ability of a steam locomotive (etc.) to raise steam.

Giving off steam.

(slang) Very angry.

Extremely drunk.

Present participle of steam

Emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist;

(used of heat) extremely;