steam up
English
Verb
steam up (third-person singular simple present steams up, present participle steaming up, simple past and past participle steamed up)
- To become steamy.
- To become coated with condensation. To fog up.
- The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door.
- To bring (a steam engine) up to working steam pressure.
- It takes about an hour to steam up the locomotive.
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