heat up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de chauffer quelque chose ou de devenir chaud.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Increase temperatureinformal

   To make something become hotter or warmer.

   chauffer

   • 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.

   Synonymesheatwarmwarm up

   Antonymeschillcoolcool downfreezerefrigerate

2. Become more intenseinformal

   To become more active, intense, or competitive.

   Devenir plus intense

   • 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.

   Synonymesbuild upescalateheightenhot upincreaseintensifypick upramp upsharpen

   Antonymesabatecool downcool offdiminishsubside

Verbe de baseheat