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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Pockets of highly pressurized water trapped just below the surface can be heated by adjacent bodies of magma.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026 -
The decadent fudge icing is heated and poured on the warm, just-out-of-the-oven cake.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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“Hot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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