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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The cross-examination was also frequently heated.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026 -
Separately, only 2%-3% of homes could realistically be heated through alternative energy-harnessing technologies because of constraints to how much waste heat can be collected.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
15 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 18 May. 2026.
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