heated
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/ˈhiːtɪd/
English
Definitions
verb
- 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.”
- To become hotter.“There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.”
- To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
adjective
- Very agitated, angry or impassioned.“a heated argument”
- (usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.“a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail”
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