1. Made warm or hot
   "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "a heated up swimming pool";
   - heated up, het [UK, dialect], het up [UK, dialect]
    
2. Marked by emotional heat; vehement
   "a heated argument"

1. Make hot or hotter
   "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"; "the sun heats up the oceans";
   - heat up
    
2. Provide with heat
   "heat the house"
    
3. Arouse or excite feelings and passions
   "The political debate heated the crowd";
   - inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, fire up
    
4. Gain heat or get hot
   "The room heated up quickly";
   - hot up [Brit, informal], heat up

See also: hot, touch

Type of: alter, arouse, change, change state, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, furnish, kindle, modify, offer, provide, provoke, raise, render, supply, turn

Antonym: chill

Encyclopedia: Heated