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STEAMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
Synonyms:
long-neck clam; Mya arenaria; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("steamer" is a kind of...):
clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)
Meronyms (parts of "steamer"):
long-neck clam; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam (a clam that is usually steamed in the shell)
Holonyms ("steamer" is a member of...):
genus Mya; Mya (type genus of the family Myacidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A ship powered by one or more steam engines
Synonyms:
steamer; steamship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steamer" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Meronyms (parts of "steamer"):
steam engine (external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "steamer"):
paddle-wheeler; paddle steamer (a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels)
tramp; tramp steamer (a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule)
Derivation:
steam; steamer (travel by means of steam power)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steamer" is a kind of...):
cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)
Derivation:
steam (cook something by letting steam pass over it)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A clam that is usually steamed in the shell
Synonyms:
long-neck clam; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("steamer" is a kind of...):
clam (flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams)
Holonyms ("steamer" is a part of...):
long-neck clam; Mya arenaria; soft-shell clam; steamer; steamer clam (an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe)
Derivation:
steam (cook something by letting steam pass over it)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Travel by means of steam power
Example:
The ship steamed off into the Pacific
Synonyms:
steam; steamer
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "steamer" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Domain category:
navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
steamer (a ship powered by one or more steam engines)
Context examples:
Of the steamer herself nothing was to be seen.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The fun was over until the next steamer should arrive.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Yes, she remembered the sugar steamers, and he had been on them—well, well, it was a small world.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
There were but few lights in sight at sea, for even the coasting steamers, which usually "hug" the shore so closely, kept well to seaward, and but few fishing-boats were in sight.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
How difficult it was to realize that the violet line upon the far horizon was well advanced to that great river upon which huge steamers ran, and folk talked of the small affairs of life, while we, marooned among the creatures of a bygone age, could but gaze towards it and yearn for all that it meant!
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From that night nothing has been seen of the three murderers by the police, and it is surmised at Scotland Yard that they were among the passengers of the ill-fated steamer Norah Creina, which was lost some years ago with all hands upon the Portuguese coast, some leagues to the north of Oporto.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The fog’s lifted, an’ ’tis the port light iv a steamer that’s crossin’ our bow this blessed minute.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
With the arrival of a steamer the fun began.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Miserable as he was on the steamer, a new misery came upon him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It is possible that the vessel may be lying by, at times, for fog; some of the steamers which came in last evening reported patches of fog both to north and south of the port.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
