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steam up

vb (adverb)

1. to cover (windows, etc) or (of windows, etc) to become covered with a film of condensed steam

2. (tr; usually passive) slang to excite or make angry: he's all steamed up about the delay.

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steam

noun

Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity:

animation, energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, strength.

Informal: get-up-and-go, go, pep, peppiness, zip.

verb

Informal. To be or become angry:

anger, blow up, boil over, bristle, burn, explode, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe.

Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling, lose one's temper, see red.

Translations

يَتَغَطّى بالبُخار

zamlžit se

dugge

fá á sig móîu

buharlanmak

w>steam up

vt sep window → beschlagen lassen; to be (all) steamed up → (ganz) beschlagen sein; (fig inf) → (ganz) aufgeregt sein; to get (all) steamed up → (ganz) beschlagen; (fig inf) → sich aufregen, hochgehen (inf); look at you, all steamed up about nothing → deine ganze Aufregung war umsonst

vi → beschlagen

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steam

(stiːm) noun

1. a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid. Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; (also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.

2. power or energy obtained from this. The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; (also adjective) steam power, steam engines.

verb

1. to give out steam. A kettle was steaming on the stove.

2. (of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam. The ship steamed across the bay.

3. to cook by steam. The pudding should be steamed for four hours.

steam-

steam-driven / steam-powered machinery.

ˈsteamer noun

a steamboat or steamship.

ˈsteamy adjective

of, or full of, steam. the steamy atmosphere of the laundry.

ˈsteamboat, ˈsteamship nouns

a ship driven by steam.

steam engine

a moving engine for pulling a train, or a fixed engine, driven by steam.

steam roller

a type of vehicle driven by steam, with wide and heavy wheels for flattening the surface of newly-made roads etc.

full steam ahead

at the greatest speed possible.

get steamed up

to get very upset or angry.

get up steam

to build up energy ready for effort.

let off steam

1. to release steam into the air.

2. to release or get rid of excess energy, emotion etc. The children were letting off steam by running about in the playground.

run out of steam

to lose energy, or become exhausted.

steam up

to (cause to) become covered with steam. The windows steamed up / became steamed up.

under one's own steam

by one's own efforts, without help from others. John gave me a lift in his car, but Mary arrived under her own steam.

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It was necessary to have dry wood to keep the steam up to the adequate pressure, and on that day the poop, cabins, bunks, and the spare deck were sacrificed.

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It was him that roused him up yesternight, and, what's more, my man knew he was comin', for he had steam up in the launch.

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Pensioners Olive and Chris Quinn enjoy nothing more than touring the UK visiting friends and attending "steam up" rallies.