GET UP (OR PICK UP) STEAM

Meaning of GET UP (OR PICK UP) STEAM in English

get up ( or pick up) steam

1》 generate enough pressure to drive a steam engine.

2》 (of an activity, project, etc.) gradually gain impetus.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
UP — 1. adv. 1. указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
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UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STEAM — Invisible gas consisting of vaporized water . When mixed with minute droplets of water, it has a white, cloudy appearance. …
Английский словарь Британика
STEAM — I. ˈstēm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stem, steme, from Old English stēam, stēm, stīem; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICK — I. ˈpik verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Middle French piquer to prick, pick, pluck, strike …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICK — (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the …
Английский словарь Webster
PICK — ( v. ) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STEAM — — steamless , adj. /steem/ , n. 1. water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor. 2. water …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICK — pick 1 — pickable , adj. /pik/ , v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STEAM — I. ˈstēm noun Etymology: Middle English stem, from Old English stēam; akin to Dutch stoom steam Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PICK — I. ˈpik verb Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Old English * pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STEAM — noun any exhalation. 2. steam ·vi to emit steam or vapor. 3. steam ·vt to exhale. 4. steam ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
PICK — v to open (a lock) as by a wire. 2. pick ·v to trim. 3. pick ·noun choice; right of …
Webster English vocab
STEAM — [steam] n [ME stem, fr. OE steam; akin to D stoom steam] (bef. 12c) 1: a vapor arising from a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICK — [pick] vb [ME piken, partly fr. (assumed) OE pician (akin to MD picken to prick); partly fr. MF piquer to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STEAM — odourless, invisible gas consisting of vaporized water. It is usually interspersed with minute droplets of water, which gives it a …
Britannica English vocabulary
STEAM — / stiːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. the hot gas that water changes into …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICK — / pɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAM — I. steam 1 W3 /stiːm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ steam , ↑ steamer ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STEAM — n. & v. --n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PICK — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STEAM — n. & v. n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PICK — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STEAM — n. & v. --n. 1. a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Oxford English vocab
PICK — 1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1. (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAM — ( steams, steaming, steamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Steam is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICK — ( picks, picking, picked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a steam train ▪ Railway enthusiasts have the opportunity to take a nostalgic trip …
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