hot up

verb, chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British

Synonyms and Antonyms of HOT

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?”>

Synonyms heat, hot (up) [chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British], toast

Related Words overheat, superheat; reheat, rewarm; thaw; bake, cook, roast; burn, char, fire, parch, scald, scorch, sear

Near Antonyms freeze, frost, ice, supercool

Antonyms chill, cool, refrigerate

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