steam (sth) up
— phrasal verb with steam uk/stiːm/us/stiːm/verb
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- billow
- cloud-capped
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- storm cloud
- stratocumulus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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