heat up

/hit əp/

/hit əp/

Other forms: heated up; heats up; heating up

Definitions of heat up

1. verb

   gain heat or get hot
   synonyms: heat, hot up

   types:

   overheat

   get excessively and undesirably hot

   fry

   be excessively hot

   type of:

   change state, turn

   undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
2. verb

   make hot or hotter
   synonyms: heat

   types:

   crisp, crispen, toast

   make brown and crisp by heating

   scald

   heat to the boiling point

   soak

   heat a metal prior to working it

   calcine

   heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces

   preheat

   heat beforehand

   overheat

   make excessively or undesirably hot

   scorch, sear

   make very hot and dry

   bake, broil

   heat by a natural force

   reheat

   heat again

   sizzle

   burn or sear with a sizzling sound

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
3. verb

   make more intense
   synonyms: hot up, screw up

   type of:

   compound, deepen, heighten, intensify

   make more intense, stronger, or more marked