Overview of verb heat

The verb heat has 4 senses

• heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")


• heat -- (provide with heat; "heat the house")


• inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up -- (arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred")


• heat, hot up, heat up -- (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly")

Overview of adj heated

The adj heated has 2 senses

• heated, heated up, het, het up -- (made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty")


• heated -- (marked by emotional heat; vehement; "a heated argument")