What is the meaning of heated up?

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

  • Made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'. )
    • usage: "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty"
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