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heat up

2 syllables

Quick answer

As a verb, heat up means gain heat or get hot.

Meanings of heat up

3 meanings

verb

Gain heat or get hot
“The room heated up quickly”
Similar: heat, hot up
Make hot or hotter
“the sun heats the oceans”
“heat the water on the stove”
Similar: heat
Make more intense
“Emotions were screwed up”
Similar: hot up, screw up

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: gain heat or get hot

verb: make hot or hotter

verb: make more intense

hot up screw up

Nearby words

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