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Heated has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of heat

"The soup was heated on the stove before dinner."

In plain English: To heat something means to make it warm by adding energy, usually from fire or electricity.

"The argument quickly heated when they started shouting at each other."

Adjective
1

made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')

"a heated swimming pool"

"wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"

"he was all het up and sweaty"

2

marked by emotional heat; vehement

"a heated argument"

3

Very agitated, angry or impassioned.

"The debate turned heated when both speakers began shouting at each other."

In plain English: Heated means something is very intense, angry, or full of strong emotion.

"The argument became heated when they started shouting at each other."

Example Sentences
"The argument became heated when they started shouting at each other." adj
"The argument quickly heated when they started shouting at each other." verb
"Heated the soup on the stove until it began to steam." verb
"She heated her hands over the open fire before going outside." verb
"The sun heated the pavement so much that the asphalt softened." verb
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Rhyming Words
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