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verb (adverb)

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

(tr; usually passive) slang to excite or make angryhe's all steamed up about the delay

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How to use steam up in a sentence

Obey the bell-signals and keep steam up, and I don't believe you'll run into any hardship.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock
But it takes time to get steam up on long disused marine engines and all hands were below when the real attack was delivered.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
The Kent alone of them, acting as guard-ship at the mouth of Port William, had her steam up.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy|Archibald Hurd
"If you have steam up on board of the Bellevite, why not get under way and run down the river," continued Mr. Watts.
Within The Enemy's Lines|Oliver Optic

Two o'clock in the morning of April 24, 1862, was fixed as the hour for the fleet to weigh anchor and steam up the river.
The Hero of Manila|Rossiter Johnson

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