heat up

heat up
1) PHRASAL VERB When you heat something up, especially food which has already been cooked and allowed to go cold, you make it hot.

[V P n (not pron)] Freda heated up a pie for me but I couldn't eat it. [Also V n P]

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2) PHRASAL VERB When a situation heats up, things start to happen much more quickly and with increased interest and excitement among the people involved.

[V P] Then in the last couple of years, the movement for democracy began to heat up.

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3) PHRASAL VERB When something heats up, it gradually becomes hotter.

[V P] In the summer when her mobile home heats up like an oven, the car is Annemarie's refuge.

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  • Heat — (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu, h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See {Hot}.] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • heat — ► NOUN 1) the quality of being hot; high temperature. 2) heat seen as a form of energy arising from the random motion of molecules. 3) a source or level of heat for cooking. 4) intensity of feeling, especially of anger or excitement. 5) (the… …   English terms dictionary

  • heat — heat·able; heat; heat·ed·ly; heat·ful; heat·ing·ly; heat·less; heat·ron·ic; pre·heat; heat·er; re·heat; su·per·heat; …   English syllables

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  • heat — [hēt] n. [ME hete < OE hætu < base of hat (see HOT), akin to Ger heiss < IE base * kai , heat] 1. the quality of being hot; hotness: in physics, heat is considered a form of energy existing as the result of the random motion of molecules …   English World dictionary

  • Heat — (englisch für Hitze) bezeichnet: Heat (1972), Film von Paul Morrissey aus dem Jahr 1972 Heat (1995), Film von Michael Mann aus dem Jahr 1995 beim Pferderennen ein Rennen über mehrere Läufe, siehe Heatrennen im Tanzsport jeden der Durchgänge pro… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Heat — (h[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heating}.] [OE. heten, AS. h[=ae]tan, fr. h[=a]t hot. See {Hot}.] 1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • heat — UK US /hiːt/ noun INFORMAL ● feel/take/face the heat Cf. take/face the heat ● turn up the heat (on sb/sth) Cf. turn up the heat on sth …   Financial and business terms

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