Phrase guide
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verb
To heat up:
To increase in temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To heat up:
To become more heated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, informal
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To heat up:
To make or become more sexually appealing, enticing or exciting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make more powerful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: soup up, hop up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: modify
verb
make more intense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: heat up, screw up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
verb
gain heat or get hot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: heat, heat up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: overheat, fry
History
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