steam up (English, verb)
expansion: steam up (third-person singular simple present steams up, present participle steaming up, simple past and past participle steamed up)
Senses:
glosses: To become steamy.
glosses: To become coated with condensation.
glosses: To bring (a steam boiler) up to working steam pressure: to build up a head of steam inside (a boiler).
tags: transitive
glosses: to build up a head of steam.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To cook by steaming.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: steams up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: steaming up
tags: participle
present
form: steamed up
tags: participle
past
form: steamed up
tags: past