Meanings
verbheat up (third-person singular simple present heats up, present participle heating up, simple past and past participle heated up or (dialectal) heat up or (dialectal) het up)
present singular third person heats up · participle present heating up · participle past heated up · past heated up · dialectal participle past het up · dialectal past het up
- broadlyfigurativelyTo become busier or more exciting or intense.
- To infuriate or annoy (someone).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek θερμαίνω
- θερμαίνω (thermaínō)cause to become hotter
Arabic سَخَّنَ
- سَخَّنَ (saḵḵana)cause to become hotter
Chinese Cantonese 整熱 /整热
- 整熱 /整热cause to become hotter
Chinese Mandarin 加熱 /加热
- 加熱 /加热 (jiārè)cause to become hotter
Finnish lämmittää
- lämmittääcause to become hotter
French chauffer
- chauffercause to become hotter
German erhitzen, aufheizen
- erhitzencause to become hotter
- aufheizencause to become hotter
Greek ζεσταίνω
- ζεσταίνω (zestaíno)cause to become hotter
Italian scaldare
- scaldarecause to become hotter
Russian разогрева́ть, разогре́ть
- разогрева́ть (razogrevátʹ)cause to become hotter
- разогре́ть (razogrétʹ)cause to become hotter
- подогрева́ть (podogrevátʹ)cause to become hotter
- подогре́ть (podogrétʹ)cause to become hotter
Scottish Gaelic teasaich
- teasaichcause to become hotter
Thai อุ่น
- อุ่น (ùn)cause to become hotter
Turkish ısınmak, ısıtmak
- ısınmakcause to become hotter
- ısıtmakcause to become hotter
Cite this entry
APA
heat up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20up
MLA
“heat up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heat up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20up.
Source: heat up on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.