steam up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for steam up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.steam [Am stim, Brit stiːm] N U

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

steam up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for steam up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

III.steam [sti:m] VB intr (produce steam)

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
While the 54th was on reconnaissance near a railroad junction, several locomotives, one with the steam up, were observed after dark.
en.wikipedia.org
His glasses would steam up on the runway and then clear just in time for landing!
www.bbc.co.uk
It'll steam up your windows, it'll tangle in your sheets.
www.theglobeandmail.com
She assisted in fighting the fire, but suffered slight damage and was unable to move because she did not have steam up.
en.wikipedia.org
The crowd starts to clap -- slowly, rhythmically -- and the windows steam up.
www.stuff.co.nz
Steamers ran smoothly, but it took a long time to get steam up, and boiler leaks were frequent.
www.popsci.com
It seemed like a good idea: inject cold water into hot rock formations three miles beneath the city, bring the resulting steam up to run turbines and generate power.
www.hawaiibusiness.com
Better still the train offers you the freedom to grab a bottle of wine and get a mild head of steam up at your seat.
www.nzherald.co.nz
The engineer, a gentleman of the first water, said he forgot to tell me to keep steam up.
en.wikipedia.org
This meant that there were four real steam engines present and with the electric locos as well, all the tracks of the steam up bay were in use.
www.keighleynews.co.uk

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