Heated

verb

/ˈhiːtɪd/

Word Frequency: 9.8

Definitions

1.verbTo cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

"I'll heat up the water."

2.verbTo become hotter.

"There's a pot of soup heating on the stove."

3.verbTo excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

4.verbTo excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

5.verbTo arouse, to excite (sexually).

"The massage heated her up."

6.adjectiveVery agitated, angry or impassioned.

"a heated argument"

7.adjective(usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.

"a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail"

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