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heat sink |
heat unit |
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| heat-absorbing
| heat-releasing
| heat-seeking missile
| heatable
heat up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb heat up has 3 senses
- heat up(v = verb.change) heat, hot up - gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" is one way to change state, turn
- heat up(v = verb.change) heat - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" is one way to alter, change, modify
- heat up(v = verb.change) hot up, screw up - make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" is one way to compound, deepen, heighten, intensify
Sample sentence:
The water heat ups
Sample sentence:
They heat up the water
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
heat up
accelerate, agent provocateur, aggravate, agitate, alienate, amplify, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, beef up, blow the coals, blow up, build up, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deepen, deteriorate, double, embitter, enhance, enlarge, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, exaggerate, exasperate, excite, fan, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, fire, foment, heat, heighten, hop up, hot up, impassion, incense, incite, increase, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jazz up, key up, madden, magnify, make acute, make complex, make worse, nettle, pique, provoke, put up to, rally, ramify, redouble, reinforce, set against, set at odds, set on, sharpen, sic on, soup up, sour, step up, stir the embers, stir up, strengthen, tickle, triple, whet, whip up, work up, worsen
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