steam up

English

Verb

steam up (third-person singular simple present steams up, present participle steaming up, simple past and past participle steamed up)

1. To become steamy.
2. To become coated with condensation. To fog up.

   The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door.

3. To bring (a steam engine) up to working steam pressure.

   It takes about an hour to steam up the locomotive.

Anagrams

• Paestum, saeptum, sæptum