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raising steam

raising steam is the present participle and gerund 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 raising steam

What is raising steam the present participle and gerund of?
Raising steam is the present participle and gerund of raise steam.

Words near raising steam in the dictionary

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

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