heat up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по нагреванию чего-либо или становления тёплым/горячим.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something warm or hot, or becoming warm or hot.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Increase temperatureinformal

   To make something become hotter or warmer.

   Разогреть

   • I need to heat up the soup for dinner.
   • The sun will heat up the water in the pool.
   • She heated up the leftovers in the microwave.

   Synonymsheatwarmwarm up

   Antonymschillcoolcool downfreezerefrigerate

2. Become more intenseinformal

   To become more active, intense, or competitive.

   Усиливаться

   • The competition is starting to heat up.
   • The debate heated up after the controversial statement.
   • The political campaign is heating up as the election approaches.

   Synonymsbuild upescalateheightenhot upincreaseintensifypick upramp upsharpen

   Antonymsabatecool downcool offdiminishsubside

Base verbheat