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heated up

heated up is the simple past and past participle of heat up.

Meaning of heat up

Verb

heat 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)

  1. To heat, to cause to become hotter.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To become busier or more exciting or intense.
  3. To infuriate or annoy (someone).

Questions about heated up

What is heated up the simple past and past participle of?
Heated up is the simple past and past participle of heat up.

Words near heated up in the dictionary

  1. heated gamer moments
  2. heated gaming moment
  3. heated gaming moments
  4. heated through
  5. heated tobacco
  6. heated up
  7. heatedly
  8. heatedness
  9. heaten
  10. heatened
  11. heater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heated up (page history and authors); heat up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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