Translations for „steam up“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . steam up VB intr

steam up mirror, window:

steam up

beschlagen

II . steam up VB trans

1. steam up (cause to become steamy):

the windows are steamed up

die Fenster sind beschlagen

2. steam up inf (cause to become excited):

to steam up ⇆ sb

jdn auf die Palme bringen inf

to get all steamed up [about sth]

sich acc [über etw acc ] unheimlich aufregen

to get all steamed up [about sth]

[wegen einer S. gen ] in die Luft gehen inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pick [or get] up steam (gain impetus)

in Schwung kommen

to build up a head of steam fig

Dampf machen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The idea of stopping, with this head of steam up, is for another day.

www.independent.ie

The crowd starts to clap -- slowly, rhythmically -- and the windows steam up.

www.stuff.co.nz

Start-up of the steam/air super-heater which will bring both air and steam up to 750?

www.stockhouse.com

Conflicted over whether to favour action, intrigue or romance, the film fails to strike a consistent tone, while its two leads offer little chemistry to steam up the screen.

twitchfilm.com

They blow steam up first before they come up, so you can identify beforehand where to turn the boat towards them.

www.irishcentral.com

They are more common among athletes as they are not distracting in any way and do not slip off or steam up during a match or event.

www.digitaljournal.com

If you sit and do anything in a closed car the windows will steam up.

www.gizmodo.com.au

The resulting explosion damaged four of her boilers, making it difficult for her to keep steam up in all of her boilers.

en.wikipedia.org

Throw in the mangetout and broccoli, then pour in a little splash of water -- this will steam up and help to cook the veg.

utv.ie

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