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(of cooking) to steam

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MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    (of cooking) to steam

    • I like eating steamed fish.

  2. verb

    to evaporate

    • The water has evaporated.

  3. noun

    finely chopped firewood (old)

    • He split the firewood.

  4. noun

    torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)

    • A torch is an ancient type of lighting device.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Water vapor rising from fire cooks vegetables, which is the steaming method.

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