"heat up" meaning in English

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Verb

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Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=het up|past2_qual=dialectal}} heat up (third-person singular simple present heats up, present participle heating up, simple past and past participle heated up or (dialectal) het up)
  1. To heat, to cause to become hotter. Related terms: hot up, hot Translations (cause to become hotter): θερμαίνω (thermaínō) (Ancient Greek), سَخَّنَ (saḵḵana) (Arabic), qızdırmaq (Azerbaijani), 整熱 /整热 (english: zing² jit⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 加熱 /加热 (jiārè) (Chinese Mandarin), lämmittää (Finnish), chauffer (French), erhitzen (German), aufheizen (German), ζεσταίνω (zestaíno) (Greek), varistaa (Ingrian), kuumentaa (Ingrian), scaldare (Italian), ອຸ່ນ (ʼun) (Lao), āistwei (Old Prussian), разогрева́ть (razogrevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разогре́ть (razogrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подогрева́ть (podogrevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подогре́ть (podogrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), teasaich (Scottish Gaelic), อุ่น (ùn) (Thai), ısınmak (Turkish), ısıtmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-heat_up-en-verb-7LiE8CUX Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 41 43 16 Disambiguation of 'cause to become hotter': 92 7 1
  2. (figurative, by extension, of a situation) To become busier or more exciting or intense. Tags: broadly, figuratively
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  3. To infuriate or annoy (someone).
    Sense id: en-heat_up-en-verb-PvnDxLVT Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 41 43 16

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podogrevátʹ",
      "sense": "cause to become hotter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подогрева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podogrétʹ",
      "sense": "cause to become hotter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подогре́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cause to become hotter",
      "word": "teasaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ùn",
      "sense": "cause to become hotter",
      "word": "อุ่น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cause to become hotter",
      "word": "ısınmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cause to become hotter",
      "word": "ısıtmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heat up"
}

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