HOT UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hot up mean? 

• HOT UP (verb)
  The verb HOT UP has 3 senses:

1. gain heat or get hot

2. make more intense

3. make more powerful

  Familiarity information: HOT UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOT UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gain heat or get hot

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

heat; heat up; hot up

Context example:

The room heated up quickly

Hypernyms (to "hot up" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hot up"):

overheat (get excessively and undesirably hot)

fry (be excessively hot)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make more intense

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

heat up; hot up; screw up

Context example:

Emotions were screwed up

Hypernyms (to "hot up" is one way to...):

compound; deepen; heighten; intensify (make more intense, stronger, or more marked)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make more powerful

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hop up; hot up; soup up

Context example:

he souped up the old cars

Hypernyms (to "hot up" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something