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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Extracting the water for drinking is relatively easy and there are numerous technologies that describe how this can be done, including heating the regolith by focusing sunlight onto it.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 July 2025 -
People who are overweight may be prone to heat sickness because of their tendency to retain more body heat.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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“Hot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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