What is the antonym of steam?

What is the antonym of steam depends on context, as steam can be noun meaning water vapor from boiling water, or verb meaning to cook with steam or to move under power, and antonym differs accordingly. As noun referring to water vapor or hot mist, antonym could be ice, liquid water, or condensation in sense of opposite states of water, since steam is gaseous hot water, ice is solid cold water, so ice can be considered opposite in terms of temperature and state. In terms of energy, steam represents heat and expansion, antonym could be freeze or frost. As verb meaning to steam or to emit vapor, antonym could be freeze, condense, or chill. As verb meaning to be angry, as in he was steaming, antonym could be calm down or cool off. In nautical sense, to steam ahead means to proceed under power, antonym could be drift or stop. If referring to Steam platform for games, there is no direct antonym, but competing platform like Epic Games Store could be considered opposite in business sense, though not linguistic antonym. So there is no single perfect antonym for steam, but generally cold, ice, or freeze are used as opposites when talking about hot vapor, and in metaphorical sense, to cool or to freeze are opposites of to steam.