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Meaning of heated up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

heated

Pronunciation:/ˈhiːtɪd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

    Example: I'll heat up the water.

  2. To become hotter.

    Example: There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.

  3. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

  4. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Very agitated, angry or impassioned.

    Example: a heated argument

  2. (usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.

    Example: a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail