HOT UP Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

hot (up)

verb

Definition of hot (up)

chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British

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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heat

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By changing the printing speed or temperature, the team was able to determine how the material responds to heat.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Material spiraling toward a black hole can be heated to millions of degrees before crossing the event horizon, while neutron stars, supernova remnants and the enormous reservoirs of hot gas filling galaxy clusters also emit strongly in X-rays.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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