heat up

1. Gain heat or get hot (synset 200373318)
   "The room heated up quickly"
   is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
   subtypes:

   • overheat - get excessively and undesirably hot
   • fry - be excessively hot
   same as: heat, hot up
2. Make hot or hotter (synset 200371917)
   "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
   causes: heat, heat up, hot up - gain heat or get hot
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • crisp, crispen, toast - make brown and crisp by heating
   • scald - heat to the boiling point
   • soak - heat a metal prior to working it
   • calcine - heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
   • preheat - heat beforehand
   • overheat - make excessively or undesirably hot
   • scorch, sear - make very hot and dry
   • bake, broil - heat by a natural force
   • reheat - heat again
   same as: heat
3. Make more intense (synset 200228093)
   "Emotions were screwed up"
   is a type of: compound, deepen, heighten, intensify - make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   same as: hot up, screw up

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