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heat up

verb

1. gain heat or get hot (Freq. 1)

- The room heated up quickly

• Syn: ↑heat, ↑hot up

• Ant: ↑cool (for: ↑heat)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑heatable (for: ↑heat), ↑heat (for: ↑heat), ↑heating (for: ↑heat)

• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn

• Hyponyms: ↑overheat, ↑fry

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- The water heat ups

2. make hot or hotter

- the sun heats the oceans

- heat the water on the stove

• Syn: ↑heat

• Ant: ↑cool (for: ↑heat)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑heatable (for: ↑heat), ↑heat (for: ↑heat), ↑heater (for: ↑heat)

• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify

• Hyponyms:

• Cause: ↑heat, ↑hot up

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Something ——s somebody

- Something ——s something

- They heat up the water

3. make more intense

- Emotions were screwed up

• Syn: ↑hot up, ↑screw up

• Hypernyms: ↑intensify, ↑compound, ↑heighten, ↑deepen

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Something ——s something

Useful english dictionary. 2012.