as in to heat
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
with a silky Southern drawl, the waitress asked, "Want me to hot up that pie?"
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Coal is heated without oxygen to extreme temperatures, as high as over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, to produce coke.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
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Additionally, larger neighboring galaxies can strip away this cold gas or heat it, leading to a halt in star formation.—
Shreejaya Karantha,
Space.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Hot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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