Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Filled with or emitting steam.
  • adjective Hot and humid; muggy.
  • adjective Erotic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of or abounding in steam; resembling steam; vaporous; misty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Consisting of, or resembling, steam; vaporous; misty.
  • adjective Emitting steam; full of steam.
  • adjective Erotic; consisting of or depicting passionate sexual activity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective warm and humid; full of steam
  • adjective slang erotic

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective feeling great sexual desire
  • adjective filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
  • adjective hot or warm and humid

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Examples

  • And I had some at lunch recently — a bowl so bright and cooling that if I closed my eyes I could imagine that I was no longer in steamy Manhattan but instead lounging on a breezy beach by the sea.

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  • To enter Martin's room, they passed through the kitchen, warm and moist and steamy from the big washing in progress.

    Chapter 26 2010

  • The Black Hat hacker conference is underway, at Caesars Palace in steamy Las Vegas.

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  • The Black Hat hacker conference is underway, at Caesars Palace in steamy Las Vegas.

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  • Silk Stalkings was a USA Network crime drama that offered plenty of sultry plotlines in steamy Palm Beach, Florida.

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  • EnlargeBy Stuart Franklin, Getty ImagesGraeme Storm proved to be the big surprise Day 1 of the PGA Championship in steamy Tulsa.

    Daly weathers Storm, trails Englishman by two at PGA 2007

  • I finished the revisions on the Jon Snow chapters that I was talking about last month, and moved on to Tyrion for a while, but just now I am working on a new viewpoint character, and a chapter set in steamy harbor of Old Volantis.

    Home Alone grrm 2006

  • My Mexican friends say that summers here in steamy hot Mazatlan can bring on all kinds of "stomach critters", and medication is necessary perhaps once a year.

    Typhoid &; Salmonella 1919

  • To enter Martin's room, they passed through the kitchen, warm and moist and steamy from the big washing in progress.

    Chapter 26 1908

  • He called the steamy stunt "not appropriate" and vowed never to bathe himself online again.

    Darnell Dockett: Shower Video 'Wrong,' 'Not Appropriate' 2010

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