Steam (stēm), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Steamed (stēmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Steaming.] 1. To emit steam or vapor.
My brother's ghost hangs hovering there,
O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air. Dryden.
Let the crude humors dance
In heated brass, steaming with fire intense. J. Philips.
2. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
The dissolved amber... steamed away into the air. Boyle.
3. To move or travel by the agency of steam.
The vessel steamed out of port. N. P. Willis.
4. To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.