push-up vs steam

push-up

verb
  • To perform a push-up, or to lift oneself off the ground in a push-up-like manner. 

adj
  • Supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size. 

  • Designed to be worn rolled up. 

noun
  • An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor. 

  • A push-up bra. 

steam

verb
  • To move with great or excessive purposefulness. 

  • To be covered with condensed water vapor. 

  • To make angry. 

  • To become angry; to fume; to be incensed. 

  • To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour. 

  • To travel by means of steam power. 

  • To cook with steam. 

  • To produce or vent steam. 

  • To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing. 

adj
  • Old-fashioned; from before the digital age. 

noun
  • Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy. 

  • Fencing without the use of any electric equipment. 

  • mist, fog 

  • Pent-up anger. 

  • A steam-powered vehicle. 

  • Internal energy for motive power. 

  • Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle. 

  • Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation 

  • The act of cooking by steaming. 

  • The vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase. 

How often have the words push-up and steam occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )