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noun ADJ. hot, scalding | high-pressure QUANT. cloud, jet The saucepan on the cooker puffed little jets of steam. VERB + STEAM emit, generate, produce STEAM + VERB come, escape | rise Steam rose from her mug of cocoa. | condense | drive sth The engine is driven by steam. | hiss STEAM + NOUN power | engine, locomotive, ship, train, turbine | age PHRASES the age of steam Savour the sights and smells of the age of steam in the National Railway Museum.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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steam (sth) up
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If glass or something with a glass or similar surface steams up, it becomes covered with a thin layer of water caused by steam touching it, and if you steam it up, you cause this to happen
• The bathroom mirror steamed up during my shower.
• Going into the warm room steamed my glasses up.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs