"steam up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: steams up [present, singular, third-person], steaming up [participle, present], steamed up [participle, past], steamed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} steam up (third-person singular simple present steams up, present participle steaming up, simple past and past participle steamed up)
  1. To become steamy.
    Sense id: en-steam_up-en-verb-en:become_steamy
  2. To become coated with condensation. Synonyms: fog up
    Sense id: en-steam_up-en-verb-en:become_coated_with_condensation
  3. (transitive) To bring (a steam boiler) up to working steam pressure: to build up a head of steam inside (a boiler). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-steam_up-en-verb-en:build_up_a_head_of_steam_inside__a_boiler_ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 27 45 21 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 5 24 38 24 9
  4. (intransitive) to build up a head of steam. Tags: intransitive Related terms: steaming up [noun]
    Sense id: en-steam_up-en-verb-en:build_up_a_head_of_steam__intransitively Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 3 11 32 49 5
  5. (transitive) To cook by steaming. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-steam_up-en-verb-0CFjC5kU

Inflected forms

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