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heating up

heating up is the present participle and gerund 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 heating up

What is heating up the present participle and gerund of?
Heating up is the present participle and gerund of heat up.

Words near heating up in the dictionary

  1. heating oils
  2. heating pad
  3. heating surface
  4. heating surfaces
  5. heating through
  6. heating up
  7. heatingly
  8. heatings
  9. heatlabile
  10. heatless
  11. heatlessly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heating 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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