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heated

Syllables: hea·ted/ˈhiːtɪd/

heated is the simple past and past participle of heat.

Adjective

heated (comparative more heated, superlative most heated)

  1. Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
    • a heated argument
    • heated discussion
  2. (not comparable, usually) Made warm or hot by some means.
    • a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail

Meaning of heat

Verb

heat (third-person singular simple present heats, present participle heating, simple past and past participle heated or (dialectal or obsolete) heat or (dialectal) het)

  1. (transitive) To 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. (intransitive) To become hotter.
    • There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
    • Ile leaue you my ſweete Ladie, for a while, pray walke ſoftly, doe not heate your bloud, what, I muſt haue care of you.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
    • A noble emulation heats your breaſt, / And your own fame now robs you of your reſt.a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “To His Sacred Majesty. A Panegyric on his Coronation.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […]...
  5. (slang, transitive) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
    • The massage heated her up.

See all 26 meanings of heat

Antonyms of heated

Forms of heated

comparativemore heated
superlativemost heated

Words formed from heated

Phrases with heated

Questions about heated

What does heated mean?
Heated means very agitated, angry or impassioned.
What is heated the simple past and past participle of?
Heated is the simple past and past participle of heat.
What part of speech is heated?
Heated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce heated?
Heated is pronounced /ˈhiːtɪd/.

Words near heated in the dictionary

  1. heatable
  2. heatage
  3. heatbank
  4. heatbanks
  5. heate
  6. heated
  7. heated gamer moment
  8. heated gamer moments
  9. heated gaming moment
  10. heated gaming moments
  11. heated through

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