verb
- Gain heat or get hot.
- usage: "The room heated up quickly"
- Make hot or hotter.
- usage: "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
- Make more intense.
- usage: "Emotions were screwed up"
adjective
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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