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raises steam

raises steam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise steam.

Meaning of raise steam

Verb

raise steam (third-person singular simple present raises steam, present participle raising steam, simple past and past participle raised steam)

  1. To build up a useful head (pressure level) of steam in a steam-engined vehicle's boiler.
    • […] the fireman has to divide his time between getting up into the bunker to throw more turfs into the cab, and getting down on his hands and knees to get it into the firebox, and even then a reserve supply of turf must be carried on a truck behind the engine, and stops must be made on each steep...1945 January and February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Firing with Turf”, in Railway Magazine, page 46

Questions about raises steam

What is raises steam the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Raises steam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise steam.

Words near raises steam in the dictionary

  1. raises someone's consciousness
  2. raises someone's hackles
  3. raises someone's shackles
  4. raises someone's shag
  5. raises someone's spirits
  6. raises steam
  7. raises the alarm
  8. raises the ante
  9. raises the bar
  10. raises the dead
  11. raises the devil

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