heat_up (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > *heat up*: 3 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	gain heat or get hot.
Pattern	Something ----s
Model	The water heat ups
Synonyms	heat, hot up
Caused by	heat, heat up	make hot or hotter
Entailed by	carbonize, carbonise	Turn into carbon, as by burning
Entailed by	fuse	Become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
Narrower	fry	Be excessively hot
Narrower	overheat	Get excessively and undesirably hot
Broader	change state, turn	Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Opposite	cool, chill, cool down	Loose heat
Spanish	acalorarse, caldear, calentar
Catalan	acalorar-se, caldejar, calfar, escalfar

English > *heat up*: 3 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	make hot or hotter.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Model	They heat up the water
Synonym	heat
Cause to	heat, hot up, heat up	gain heat or get hot
Entailed by	demist, defog	Free from mist
	iron, iron out, press	Press and smooth with a heated iron
	smelt	extract (metals) by heating
Narrower	broil, bake	heat by a natural force
	calcine	heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
	crispen, toast, crisp	make brown and crisp by heating
	overheat	make excessively or undesirably hot
	preheat	heat beforehand
	reheat	heat again
	scald	heat to the boiling point
	sear, scorch	make very hot and dry
	soak	heat a metal prior to working it
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	cool, chill, cool down	make cool or cooler
Spanish	caldear, calentar
Catalan	caldejar, calentar, calfar, escalfar

English > *heat up*: 3 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	make more intense.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	hot up, screw up
Broader	intensify, compound, heighten, deepen	make more intense, stronger, or more marked
Spanish	calentar
Catalan	escalfar

HyperDic: heat_up