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steaming up

steaming up is the present participle and gerund of steam up.

Meaning of steam up

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.
    • The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door.
    Synonyms:
    fog up
  3. (transitive) To bring (a steam boiler) up to working steam pressure: to build up a head of steam inside (a boiler).
    • It takes about an hour to steam up the locomotive.
  4. (intransitive) to build up a head of steam.
    • Engine 99 had been steaming up since 21:00.
  5. (transitive) To cook by steaming.
    • I'll steam up a bunch of dumplings.

Noun

steaming up (countable and uncountable, plural steamings up)

  1. The formation of condensation on a transparent surface.

Forms of steaming up

pluralsteamings up

Questions about steaming up

What does steaming up mean?
Steaming up means the formation of condensation on a transparent surface.
What is steaming up the present participle and gerund of?
Steaming up is the present participle and gerund of steam up.
What part of speech is steaming up?
Steaming up is a noun.
What is the plural of steaming up?
The plural of steaming up is steamings up.

Words near steaming up in the dictionary

  1. steaminess
  2. steaming
  3. steaming ahead
  4. steaming hot
  5. steaming off
  6. steaming up
  7. steamingly
  8. steamings
  9. steamings up
  10. steamless
  11. steamlike

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